Open KH Mingle

[keybearer]

[You are here. You probably made a wrong turn down that dark corridor. Maybe your Gummi Ship got knocked off course. Maybe you just felt like a change of scenery, or maybe you already lived here.

Regardless, you've stumbled upon Radiant Garden in all its glory. The flowers are in bloom, the fountains flowing. Or perhaps you're less fortunate and ended up here or even here. Time's in a bit of a flux. Open corridors link from one version to the other.

And for those uninterested in sight seeing, there are other activities to enjoy. Several moogles seem to have set up booths with snacks, items, and a synthesis shop. There's a sale on sea salt ice cream, and for thrill seekers, plenty of Heartless lurking in the shadows.]

[ooc: Just a general post for KH mingling. Other Disney and Square Enix characters are welcome, too. Doubles and AUs are all welcome.]

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[cloak]

That leaves us with two options. Either this is a long enough span before that the damage hasn't occurred, or long enough after that it's been mended.

[seasaltkeys]

Well, either way, I guess we better explore and find out, right?

[cloak]

[It's cause for a curious tip of his hooded head]

...'We'?

[seasaltkeys]

Yeah, "we". I mean, I don't want to leave you behind.

[cloak]

It sounds like something Sora'd say.

[There's no derision in it, though it puzzles him.

He's just data after all]

[seasaltkeys]

Yeah, well, that happens sometimes.

[He's noticed it. Much as he wants to be his own person, Sora sneaks in there.]

I mean, I agree with him. It's not a lot of fun, being on your own.

[cloak]

You liked spending time with friends.

[Something they both know, but he's not sure what else to say, not at first]

On the other hand, I'm a digital copy of you.

[seasaltkeys]

So that means you don't?

[Digital copy or not, there's got to be a bit more common ground, right?]

[cloak]

I never had friends to begin with.

[His tone doesn't suggest this bothers him, but...well. He is a Roxas]

[seasaltkeys]

You didn't?

[Okay, that doesn't sit right with Roxas. Because, friends were pretty much the most important thing, at least, according to Axel, who for all the fractures between them now, was still a fairly authoritative source in Roxas's opinion.]

[cloak]

No. My role was one I served alone.

[Although he remembers what it was like to have friends. Those just aren't his memories, and he's well aware of it]

[seasaltkeys]

That can't have been a lot of fun.

But still, you're also not where you were. So we should take advantage of that.

[cloak]

The point wasn't to have fun.

[That wasn't his purpose. Though he's once again reminded of Sora - one version of him anyway - he doesn't say it. Roxas is still unique in ways he's very aware of]

Guess that's a point.

[seasaltkeys]

Exactly, so let's go. We can get ice cream and check this place out.

Make our own memories.

[cloak]

[It's cause for a small laugh, strangely toneless]

You're pretty set on this, aren't you?

[seasaltkeys]

Yeah.

[Not sure what else to say.]

I don't want anyone making decisions for me. I want them to be my own.

[cloak]

That doesn't surprise me.

[He distinctly recalls how it felt being denied those choices, even secondhand]

[seasaltkeys]

'Cause you're me but not really, right?

[He's getting the hang of this.]

So, let's got already. At least for ice cream.

[cloak]

More or less.

[He turns his head one way and then the other]

Which way then?

[seasaltkeys]

Uh, I think it was this way.

[And off down the street they go!]

[cloak]

[And so he'll trail after Roxas, attention divided between keeping up with him and getting a look at their surroundings]

[seasaltkeys]

It's this way, I remember now!

[And a few turns later they've arrived at the shop. And Roxas is going to go get two bars.]

[cloak]

[And this fellow continues to survey their surroundings]

This world is more peaceful than my records indicate.

[seasaltkeys]

What do you mean?

[Also here's your ice cream.]

[cloak]

[He takes that ice cream, though he does little more than look at it, at first]

Hollow Bastion was rife with Heartless, to my knowledge.