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landprince · 3 months
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I put together a small KH fic rec after being asked to by at least one anon
some of these are rather old and dated (especially the ff ones) but idk they're fics I read and just stayed with me and I like them a lot so hopefully you guys do too
soriku centered
You're A Boy! (ff.net) RATED M "You're a boy!" Are Sora's first words to Riku when they meet at 10 years old. Riku moves in next door and they spend their childhoods together, learning, growing and loving.
Love is Blind (ff.net) RATED M The boy saw colours in the sound of a crackling fireplace, tasted feelings in cupcakes and marshmallows. Sora made Riku think that maybe he was actually the blind one, and not Sora.
Gravity (ff.net) RATED T When Sora's parents sign him up for a summer climbing camp, he's less than enthusiastic. But with some interesting new friends, and a handsome, infuritating boy to deal with, this week could be more interesting than he thought
victory tastes sweeter when i'm with you (curovogel on ao3) RATED T It’s a victory lap. That’s all it is.
Celestial Bodies (ao3) RATED E ASTRONAUT AU!
Sora is an enthusiastic environmental scientist, while Riku is a reserved engineer. Both are stationed on the International Space Station, orbiting the Earth in close quarters for the next six months.
How will they adjust to a life free from the weight of gravity and Earthly expectations?
namixi centered
Sugar and Spice (ao3) RATED G "Sugar and spice, and everything nice, that's what little girls are made of..."
Except Naminé is a vampire who lives in Halloween Town. She's not supposed to be sweet and gentle, but she is. It's just the nature of her personality. So she lives with other misfits and outcasts, and longs for things she cannot have.
And makes a new friend, purely by chance.
Dancing With Your Silhouette (ao3) RATED G Sometimes, Naminé thought she was too lonely. She was halfway in love with a statue simply because she wanted someone to listen to her and she poured her soul into making the sculpture of the girl absolutely perfect. She didn't expect her to come to life, didn't expect her world to be turned upside, didn't expect to fall in love with someone who had once been carved out of marble.
Xion had a way of making the complicated things simple.
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Ok 1 this has been in my mind rent free and is in a side rp of mine now 2 idk I’m being weird by kinda- being the only person that sends asks it seems 3 didn’t know if I should send it to this or your intern Riku blog so here it is and 4 I had to draw it I’m sorry
I present to you…
✨Terra accidentally setting fire to the office✨
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Xehanort and Eraqus both aren’t happy but Riku sure is
1.) im glad the goofy tomfoolery of The Office AU can live on in your rps 2.) not weird at all !! hello :]] 3.) this blog's fine 👯‍♀️ 4.) fLVKJVLKAVJALKE
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tharkflark1 · 1 year
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Okay so hypothetically if someone was to write something based on your Whaleshark Riku AU, what would the hypothetical time-line of events be? You know, hypothetically, of course
Well, hypothetically, if someone were to write something based off the AU, uhhhh
- Sora meets Riku accidentally while playing on the Play Island. They’re essentially BBS ages and stuff so like little babbies.
- they quickly become friends (Sora’s kinda a weirdo so while he’s good at making friends, he doesn’t have any like friends friends if that makes any sense. Until like, Kairi comes along but anyway) and Sora keeps his new friend a secret
- after a couple years, Riku suddenly disappears and Sora is devastated. (I don’t exactly have a reason why he disappears? My friend suggested he’s a sea god of sorts that can purify water so he was drawn elsewhere? But you can think of whatever I suppose)
- 10 or so years pass and Sora’s kinda chalked up Riku to being an imaginary friend. He’s volunteering at the local aquarium (he’s studying to become a marine biologist <3) when he hears about some new creature coming in. The place doubles as a clinic for marine life and Sora also helps out there too as an intern.
- However, the staff are kinda bein hush hush about it and Sora super sus of that.
- He ends up sneaking in (somehow) and discovers Riku (he’s REAL holy shit) but now he’s massive. Easily the size of a bus or more. (Riku’s also injured but I dunno by what so more flexibility there and that’s why he’s at the clinic)
- Sora manages to get Riku’s attention (he also does something here that would let Riku know it’s Sora definitely but I dunno what that is so use ur imagination)
- Riku’s ecstatic and they end up just hanging out for a few hours until Security finds out Sora’s there
- There’s a scuffle where as Sora’s getting taken away, Riku flips out, slamming against the glass. The overnight staff are able to sedate Riku enough before he can actually hurt himself and Sora’s taken in for questioning
- The staff review the security footage and they end up getting Sora to stay on the floor (he gets paid money too don’t worry) as whatever Sora’s doing had improved Riku’s mental state drastically. They’d never seen him that content or relaxed before (my man’s got depression and it’s not helping his injuries heal)
- l really have nothing past that? Like, Sora’s there and most of the staff are super nice and stuff. U can add like “evil people wanna use the Sea God for evil purposes” or something here I honestly don’t care what cha do here
- but eventually Riku, with healing both mentally and physically, figures out that he can become human temporarily (he had to change back like, once a month for a day) when something happens to Sora and Riku is too big to follow and help
- and I dunno! Go crazy with it
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xbrokenreflection · 2 years
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TEN Q’S:
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1. when are you usually online?  
My mornings and evenings, mostly. I work on weekday afternoons, so I’m rarely active then! I’m also a night owl, so my bedtime is anywhere between 11pm and 2am depending on how much the day drained me.
2. what verses are you involved in outside of this page?
I write mostly in a semi-canon verse for Ryu, though I’m also building an AU Pokemon verse for him! (Speaking of, if this is asking what other fandom verses I write in, Pokemon is currently the main one! I have a fandomless OC as well, and Noragami muses!)
3. what is your biggest RP pet peeve?
Got a couple that go hand in hand:
1. Real time RP. As in, the passage of REAL time affects the threads and relationships, and if I disappear for a day the other muse is wondering where mine was. (This is why the vast majority of my stuff is plotted or semi-plotted.)
2. Endless domestic shippy fluff. I like ships, but I prefer a slow burn with plenty of outside drama, not... happy married life.
Other than those... I also really don’t like purple prose.
4. are you drawn to specific types of muses?
I really like characters with an internal struggle who also want to make the world better in some way. Even if they make a lot of mistakes, they’re trying.
5. are there recurring themes in your writing that people might not notice?
I don’t know if it’s hard to notice the themes I like? But I think a big one is the ripple effect: a person’s actions will leave marks on the world around them.
Sometimes, a small gesture makes a big impact.
6. what are your favorite RP trends?
I’m very glad to see more people writing relationships BEYOND romantic ships. Last time I was active, it felt like... those were the main thing people cared about, and partners that wanted to stay friends (or explore stuff like rivalries!) would get dropped super quick.
I also think the little banners people use now are super neat? I love how people find and make stuff that fits their muse!
7. what is your process for starting a new story with someone?  
Meetings are some of my favorite things to approach, actually! I try to figure out an idea that’s fun and memorable, and as unique as possible! (Naturally, there is bound to be some overlap. Especially because I adore certain tropes, lol.)
I also try communicate with my RP partners, figure out what sorts of things we both would like to explore with our characters! I think it’s important to be on the same page about the general direction threads are going.
8. how do you feel about duplicates?
I adore other Replikus, and whenever I write with them I have a lot of fun! It’s so interesting to see how people choose to develop the character, what name they have him go by, whether or not they make changes to his appearance... and of course, how similar and different they all are from Riku AND each other!
Plus, the threads themselves tend to be funny. It’s amusing how often they can actually tell it’s another replica! “Wait, you’re not HIM, you’re ME!”
9. how long have you been involved in roleplaying?
RP in general? About 14 years!
Tumblr RP and Ryu specifically? It’ll be 10 years next March!
10. is there a muse or verse you wish you could write in, but haven’t?
There’s a lot of muses I would love to write, but I just don’t have the time or energy to have more or get involved in totally unfamiliar fandoms.
I haven’t gotten to dive into Ryu’s Pokemon Verse much yet, but I’m excited about it! Other than that, I think the only underused verse that I COULD do a lot more with is “Sleeping to Dream.” I’d love to rp out the adventure Ryu and Xion had playing the Reaper’s Game! (A lot of the active TWEWY blogs don’t seem to interact with KH blogs, though.)
TAGGED BY: stole it from @litoredeem​ TAGGING: steal it from me!
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patoune-prod · 2 years
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Avalanche chapitre 55
Les inconvénients de la famille
AO3 | FF.net
Annoncement Malheureusement, la vraie vie continue de me botter le cul avec une pointure 46 et je dois à nouveau mettre la fic en hiatus. J'espère qu'un mois sera suffisant pour reprendre mon avance et au moins finir cette partie avec le clan Nosferatu et leur lavage de linge sale en public. Désolée, et à bientôt !
Résumé : La parenthèse des Jours Carbuncle se ferme sur une invasion de la part du clan Nosfératu. Et si Vincent savait qu’il faudrait un jour leur présenter Riku et Zéphyr, il espérait vraiment que ce soit le plus tard possible. Et Séphiroth découvre qu’avoir une grande famille n’est pas toujours une bénédiction. Il perd un peu le compte au niveau cousins.
Personnages : Les Anciens et tout ce qui va avec, Team avalanche, Team Shinra, Team Nosferatu,
Tags spécifiques au chapitre : Histoire de famille, cette fic est une histoire de famille, Vincent est un papa, Helgrimr est sans gêne, Vincent est sur les nerfs, politique interne, Ifalna est une tête de chocobo des glaciers
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atomic-taco-muffin · 4 months
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Emra being ansem's youngest daughter au:
Emra: ooh *quickly runs down but trips*
Ansem: I gotcha *catches her*
Riku: *internally panicing*
Yui: *breathing through the contraction*
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glowingbadger · 2 years
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SFW and nsfw HCs modern day for KH boys? I saw that you were looking for KH requests and I’m happy to provide. (As this is a lot of men, I would specifically like: Riku, Sora, Roxas, Axel, and whomever else you like as well).
HOKAY so. This is a bit of a tangent, but I wanted to throw it out there for everyone since it's in my rules now and it's a bit weird.
The KH characters' ages have put me a in a pretty weird spot lmao. It doesn't come up much if ever in-game, but Sora and the gang do have canonical ages- and by the best current estimate, they're 16, maaaybe 17 as of the end of KH3 (where we're at now)- while Riku is a year older than Sora and Kairi, putting him at 17-18. By my typical standards, this would mean that the OG trio, plus every character that is a version of that trio and/or implied to be the same age as they are, would be underaged and thus not characters I'd write for.
Axel and Saix are actually about 10 years older than the main trio, given the age we see them at in Birth By Sleep (which I feel like a looot of people forget, given some popular ships) but that's why those two, plus all of the "adult character model" types (Aqua, Terra, pretty much all current and former Org members) are fair game.
I haven't decided whether I'm comfortable with "aged up" content just yet. I know some writers have been harshly attacked for it, so I have to imagine it's a loaded issue in fandom.
And as a final note, I simply cannot find it in me to sexualize Sora. He activates a deeply maternal impulse in me. I've caught myself verbally apologizing to him when I let him get hurt as I play lmao. And then on the other hand, Riku is designed and written to seem so much more mature, and very well may be 18- so he's a super weird gray area for me.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS This is so fucking complicated and I just don't wanna make anyone (or myself) uncomfy lmao so we're gonna keep it SFW for the OG trio and all characters originating from them for now, whereas anyone of Axel and Saix's age or older is fine for NSFW. Anyway, I'm just laying out my own comfort level.
And with that, let's talk headcanons-
Modern AU Headcanons
SFW Riku, Sora, Roxas
NSFW Axel, Saix
Riku:
- He's in his first year of college, at a good school though maybe not ivy league (he's skeptical about that title anyway). He's double majoring in a couple challenging fields- perhaps political science and environmental biology, or pre-law, or some such. Something challenging, but that he feels will empower him to have a career where he can make an impact- though he'll have to be ready to tackle the corruption inherent in political systems some day.
- He's an excellent student, and held in a place of awe and respect by his classmates. He seems so put-together and confident, despite his challenging class load. Internally though, Riku feels like he's constantly on the verge of an absolute crisis. He's the type who's on top of his studies and absolutely not on top of his mental health, and on the fast track to some serious burnout.
- As your boyfriend, he's an absolute sweetheart, but always wishes he could do more for you. He genuinely cherishes you, but he feels like he stumbles over his words when he tries to tell you, and like he never has as much time to dedicate to you as he'd like. He knows he'll screw up sometimes, or have periods when he can't be as available or responsive as he'd like when his workload becomes overwhelming, but he'll always make it up to you with a painstakingly well thought out date night as soon as he has the time.
Sora:
- He's taking a gap year between highschool and college to travel and do service work in as many different places as he can manage. He's got weird and fascinating friends across multiple countries, and is frankly having a great time being able to do work for various underserved communities while visiting old friends and making new ones. He's grown a modest internet following through short vlogs and instagram- and while Sora's not necessarily good at social media (or anything tech related at all), and certainly never set out to become popular online or anything -his natural charm and enthusiasm is infectious, and his followers flood his comments with support.
- He barely graduated highschool by the by; he could have gotten okay grades, but he constantly forgot his assignments, when tests would be, etc. School was really more of a chance to spend time with his friends than anything else, so the boring stuff tended to slip his mind. Definitely the type to be in a thousand extracurriculars and know everyone's name.
- Sora is the sweetest and most openly affectionate boyfriend- you'll frequently catch him staring dreamily at you like he can't believe how lucky he is, and he has no qualms about bragging to his friends about you. He can be scatterbrained about some things, special occasions and specific wording and such, but he's very emotionally intuitive, so even if he doesn't quite know what to say to make things better, he'll always know when you're upset and do anything he can to help.
Roxas:
- He's starting at a small but relatively prestigious college, somewhere quiet and home-y. He hasn't decided on his major yet, but he's keeping an open mind and staying fairly on top of his studies, while enjoying a small but very cozy and intimate friend group. His favorite way to spend a slow afternoon or evening is just lazing around the dorms with a friend nearby studying on a bed, another playing a game on a small tv, and him scrolling through his phone while they casually chat about any and everything. It's low pressure, but comfortably intimate.
- idk if any of you guys knew someone like this at your work/school, but Roxas strikes me as the type who, because he's a bit quiet, everyone perceives him as super confident and on top of his shit. So while his true friend group is very small and cozy, plenty of people around campus recognize him and call out to him when they see him around, or hype him up to their friends as this incredibly cool, chill guy, despite really not knowing him at all.
- Roxas is fairly oblivious but very sincere as a partner. He doesn't have much serious relationship experience, and he's very aware of this fact, but he desperately wants to be as good to you as you deserve. He'll try his best to express himself with compliments and dates, but really, his love language is best shown through cuddling and physical closeness. He finds holding you to be incredibly reassuring, even while studying, playing a game, or anything else that he's supposed to be focusing on.
Axel:
- He's a musician for sure- the front man for an alt rock band with some electronic influence. They're extremely popular within a niche audience, and their shows are always high energy and with plenty of lights and pyrotechnics (of course lol). Axel himself focuses on vocals and sometimes guitar, though he dabbles in just about any instrument he can get his hands on, constantly experimenting with new sounds and absorbing as much creative influence as he can. While his usual wild personality would make him seem flippant, he takes his music seriously, and it's just about the only thing that can hold his unwavering focus for very long.
- Axel is not an emotionally reserved type, and isn't worried about taking things "too fast," and as such, he'll be more than happy to offer to have you along on tour with him if you like, or even invite you to be part of the music or performance. Still, it is important to him that you get along with his friends, so things won't go well if you're not all having a good time together. Oh and given how shameless he can be, he has no problem with fucking you on the tour bus, not caring for even a second whether the others can hear you struggling to stifle your moans.
- He doesn't have much of a mind for special occasions or elaborate date nights, and sometimes, it can be hard to find time to be alone with him away from friends and bandmates. It's not that he doesn't prioritize you, he just gets caught up in his social life and forgets that time alone together is precious and important too. That said, he's vocal about how attracted he is to you and how much he appreciates you, so you'll never have reason to doubt his affections, and if you speak up and tell him you want time with him, he'll do anything in his power to clear his schedule for you (and then fuck you so nice and deep that you forget you'd ever been frustrated with him).
- If you can't join him on tour, or he's too busy to see you much at home for a while, Axel is the king of sexy voice messages and videos. He needs you to know that he's still thinking of you no matter what (especially since some view his confidence and openness as flirtation, even though he's fully devoted to you), and he wants to help tide you over until he can finally have you again. It's even better when you reciprocate in full; nothing drives him absolutely wild quite like a lewd selfie that just barely covers what he desperately wants to see, or a short voice message just to hear you moaning and panting as you pleasure yourself to thoughts of what he'll do to you when he's home.
Saix:
- Saix works best within a hierarchy and when he has clear goals to work toward, and as such, he does well as the personal assistant and de-facto second in command to a fortune 500 company CEO (not to mention, Lordy, Saix in a suit with his hair tied back? Goddamn). He's ruthlessly efficient, and some among his coworkers find him even more intimidating than the boss- but he does his best not to think too hard about the specific ethics of big-business like this. He's had to sacrifice and repress a lot to make it to where he is.
- Most of his impressive salary that he cares to actually spend goes toward affording a place to stay in the city that's large and isolated enough to give him the peace of mind that only solitude and quiet can lend. That said, he does have a small number of close friends, and while no one knows when this started, it's just assumed that hangouts and get-togethers will happen at his place, since it's the most spacious and comfortable. Saix adamantly denies that he ever offered to host, but he also never turns them away.
- He doesn't have the highest sex drive overall, and frankly, he works so hard and for such long hours that it's hard to find the time and energy for intimacy. That said, when the mood strikes, it's positively fierce; he'll text you to be waiting for him at home in as little clothing as possible, and you'll know he's looking to spend a full night ravishing you. Admittedly, part of his intensity in bed is a way to relieve work stress, but it doesn't hurt that, though he's miserable at expressing it, he's absolutely obsessed with your body. When Saix decides he wants you, he'll bury his face between your legs, milk multiple orgasms from you with his hands, and mark you with bites from your jaw, down your stomach and along your thighs.
- Saix is the biggest sucker for small, sweet and genuine signs of affection. He's not great at it himself, but just seeing a message from you to say you miss him while he's working late yet again turns his face bright red, and he'll spend the next half hour trying to come up with the right reply, only to just end up sending "I feel the same. I won't be much longer." But when he does see you that night, he holds you extra tight, nuzzling his face against your hair. He hates being called out on it, but it's incredibly easy to turn him into a melting, blushing puddle- and heaven help you if you do it to him with friends around. He'll "punish" you quite thoroughly, so you'll only have yourself to blame when you get no sleep and can't stand the next day.
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hallowed-nebulae · 2 years
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i drew @mushroom-winners-proof ‘s design for terra in the intern riku au (i think that’s the au it’s for anyways) because it looked pretty neat
this is the best terra i’ve ever drawn and i’m very proud of him
ALSO i usually draw terra with green eyes but mushroom-winners-proof draws him with brown, so i compromised and did heterochromina because its neat.
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smol-tactician · 2 years
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I have a headache, but I've been thinking about multiple situations for multiple AUs of multiple fandoms prt 1
Jotaro: Hey star, what's a right triangle?
Star platinum: I dunno.
Jotaro: Oh well- wait you can talk now?
Star platinum: No- I mean... Ora?
Jotaro: What the-
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Reki: I ate a whole pint of ice cream.
Langa: Aren't you lactose intolerant?
Reki: Yeah that's the problem.
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Sora:
Pit:
Dark Pit: *visible confusion*
Link: u h
Robin: Oh great, now there's another one.
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Giorno: I, Giorno Giovanna, have a dream!
Jotaro: Whatever Rapunzel, now quit turning shit into frogs and butterflies.
Giorno: Rude.
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Tai:.... wait what the fuck am I doing?
Matt: Tai we've been talking for the last 30 minutes.
Tai: We have?
Matt: For fucks sake.
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Kakoyin: So-
Jotaro: Pol licked a toilet.
Polnareff: JOTARO-
Joseph: PFFFT
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Ceasar: If I get called blonde Mario one more time.
Joseph: Who called you that?
Ceasar: YOU DID!
Joseph: o h.... sorry?
Ceasar: I swear to fucking god
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Deku:
Bakugou:
The bakudeku part of the fandom: *stares*
Deku: What do we do?
Bakugou: Fuck if I know
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Langa: Damn shawty are you a calculator because uh... um... hold on lemme read it again.
Reki: PFFFT
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Davis:
Miya:
Davis: You ever fill a bottle Rocket with pop rocks?
Miya: No.
Davis: Do you want to?
Miya:... perhaps.
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Link: Dear goddess, please teach me how to not get a paper cut when I read the rumor mills. I just wanna get the details on hidden things.
Some random stable guy: u h
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Pit: Hey Pittoo, how do you perform an exorcism?
Dark Pit:... Why?
Pit: Definitely not because of a furby I found in the basement.
Dark Pit: you found a what?
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Corrin: I got called corn flakes today
Robin: Could be worse.
Corrin: How?
Robin: Chrom got called a radioactive blueberry.
Corrin: Ok I feel better now.
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Reki: Yeah I think I'm fine.
Joe: Reki you have internal bleeding.
Reki: Isn't that where my blood is supposed to be?
Joe: Reki I swear to god-
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Mina: What's something you struggle with as a gay guy?
Bakugou: Wait I'm gay now?
Mina: What do you mean now-
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Sora: I dont think we're in disney land anymore.
Riku: Were we ever?
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Wild: Grandpa, may I have the master sword back?
Time: Name the heavenly spirits of hyrule.
Wild: You mean the dragons?
Time: The fucking what?
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Reki: Hey where's Miya?
Langa:... *dramatic gasp*
Meanwhile
Miya: So you turn into a bigger buff dragon?
Veemon: yes.
Miya: n i c e
Davis: I know right
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Jotaro: This is an alternative timeline and I'm a girl.. but star is still a dude?
Kakoyin: Wait there's timelines?
Joseph: you didn't know about the timeline universe things?
Kakoyin: I was supposed to know?
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Miya: Get fucked loser.
Langa: I hope someone sends you back to cabbage patch you came from.
Miya: I hope you break a nail.
Langa: I hope they run out of chicken nuggets the next time you order them.
Miya: I hope you run into that cellphone pole again.
Reki: I hope you both shut the fuck up before I make you step on a carpet made of legos.
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icyanz · 2 years
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I am asking about ur modern au where terra ansem SoD and xemnas are all brothers
Anon. Anon I love you. I would lay down my entire life for you
Anyway it honestly doesn't have *that* much to it but I just. Aughhvh the serotonin it gives me
- eraqus and xehanort are their dads. They're married and not divorced and everything is okay
- ansem and xemnas are xehanort's biological sons while Terra was adopted by both eraqus and xehanort
- ansem and xemnas are twins. Obviously. I see this as canon anyway LMFAO
- Terra is actually about a year older than the twins, but xemnas and ansem have been in the house longer
- time for me to promote my terraqua propaganda! Terra and aqua became friends in middle school and eventually they both got huge crushes on each other but they didn't admit it until their senior year of high school. Terra's entire family teased him for it LMFAO
- Terra and aqua most definitely get married later on and have ventus and vanitas as their kids. Eraqus and xehanort being grandpas....eraqus would straight up cry and xehanort wouldn't show it but he's just as happy as his husband
- idk what ansem would do once he grows up. Maybe like the intern riku au and he becomes a business man. That'd be pretty funny actualyl
- time for me to promote my xemmar bullshit!! Xemnas and lauriam get together and adopt Namine as their kid k thanks I just LOVE THEM
- You KNOW ansem would be the most chaotic uncle ever. He's the male equivalent of the lesbian aunt with money to spare
- because eraqus and xehanort are both from Scala they taught their kids scalan. It wasn't really necessary but they wanted to so yea they all know scalan
Anyway thank you for coming to my ted talk this au lives in my head rent free. Feel free to ask about it more bc aughfhsjdh THIS AU
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hottopic-aqua · 3 years
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Reworking Ansem SoD and Xemnas: Fuck Xehanort
Ansem SoD and Xemnas were interesting characters when they were introduced. Remember that? I’m going to recreate that, because their entire characters being reduced to “bleh Xehanort!” pisses me off!
Xehanort’s plan to take over Terra’s body didn’t work out the way he planned. 
He was successful, for a bit, until the fight with Aqua. When Terra took control and turned his keyblade on himself, that was the end of Xehanort. 
It was also the end of Terra, unfortunately. 
Or, at least, Terra as we knew him. 
It continues as it originally did: An amnesiac Terranort is taken in by Ansem and the apprentices. The only name he remembers is Xehanort but it feels wrong. He doesn’t like it. He has a feeling that he was someone else, but its the only name he has so they go with it. It always rubs him the wrong way. 
Master Xehanort is dead. He is not an influence on Terranort, besides the little remaining memories that cling to him. The important thing here is that this is Terra. Just... an amnesiac, broken down, more susceptible to darkness after All That Terra. 
He takes to being an apprentice surprisingly well! After Ansem and the gang were able to set up some accommodations (I hc that Terra has really bad dyslexia) he’s thriving. Terra is smart, he’s just never had the opportunity to show it. Eraqus saw that he struggled with the more academic side of things and redirected him towards physical keyblade handling because that’s obviously where he thrived. (Which is accurate to an extent, but left Terra with the impression that he’s just dumb and shouldn’t bother with anything else)
In the absence of internal shame and embarrassment and with an instructor that’s actually working with him Terranort soaks up everything like a sponge. He’s guided towards the more metaphysical side of things, latent influence from both Terra and Xehanort being keyblade masters and that knowledge running around deep in his subconsciousness. 
 Ansem’s fascination with his missing memories and Terranort’s own need to figure out who the hell he is spur the experiments that kickstart the whole plot of KH. 
Terranort is being led along by the idea that the heart is important somehow that this is the key to everything. He has bits and pieces that point to something and that something becomes an obsession. This obsession in more than encouraged by Ansem who proposes his own theories and is just glad to see his young apprentice excited about something. 
Terranort convinces Ansem to use him as a test subject, because it’s his heart and his memories and he doesn’t want anyone else being dragged into this. (ha.) 
The experiment was a success.... to a point. Terranort unlocks some memories, but they’re disconnected and scattered and the lack of context leads to the conclusion that whoever he used to be was not a good person. In fact he may have killed a few people. 
This is distressing and Terranort immediately withdraws into himself. Ansem, noticing the change, put an end to the experiments because sometimes things are best left in the past. 
The added pieces of the puzzle only make Terranort more obsessed. He’s angry and bitter over who he (thinks he) used to be be and is angry and bitter over the perceived abandonment of his mentor. (A small part of his mind tells him that this has happened before.) 
Insert: the recruitment of the rest of the apprentices and the KH1 Ansem Reports. 
Curiosity and (mostly) good intentions go horribly wrong and everyone ends up jumping off the slippery slope. 
It’s so interesting when you read the original Ansem Reports how he comes across as a well-intentioned figure that just slowly lets the darkness eat away at him until he’s convinced that this is all there is and all there will be. Then he, y’know, causes the apocalypse over of it. ❤️
Lead up is different, motivations are different - end result is the same. 
Then on the other side in KH2 you have Xemnas who is treated as a villain, yes, but a distinctly tragic one. Remember when his only motivation was to get his heart back? He may not have cared about anyone else also getting their hearts back, but he wanted his. 
Remember when he wasn’t trying to turn everyone into a Xehanort clone and never intended to get his own heart and that despite the supposed amnesia he’s still Xehanort and when he didn’t do everything because of Some Grand Evil Plan? 
I’m angry
But the desperate (and Nobodies are desperate creatures) want/need for his heart despite only remembering the negative emotions always struck me. Like, one: It’s better to feel bad than to feel nothing. Two: That’s fucked up man. 
I do like to believe that Xemnas cared or at least felt a certain kinship to his fellow Nobodies, but also he can’t feel nor does he remember how to fake empathy and still saw everyone as more of a tool than an individual. 
Because that’s, y’know, interesting. 
Again, everything is pretty much exactly the same as what happens in the main games. Nothing much needs to change there, because, like I said, they were interesting characters when they were introduced. 
Post KH2 reformation we get Terranort again! And he feels like shit! (As he deserves.) 
I would like for the protagonists to deal with the fact that the Big Grand Evil Villain was Just Some Dude who was a decent person at first but just went overboard. I would also like Terranort and friends to deal with the fact that this was on him. There wasn’t an evil mastermind brainwashing their friend - it was their friend. 
Uhhhh more solid parallels between him and Riku where Terra didn’t have anyone to reign him in, but Riku did. 
I should mention in this AU Ansem SoD becomes like a weird sort of father figure to Riku that actually gives advice and tries to get him to see his side while Riku is like, “Dude. You killed so many people.” “Fair.” 
Evil father figure Riku has mixed feelings about ❤️
The end result isn’t a full redemption arc, because Terranort really can’t get that. He crossed too many lines to have a fully happy ending. He does get reunited with the BBS dudes, though, and they all have to deal with the aftermath. His memories are never fully restored and, yeah, the Terra they knew is effectively dead and there’s some dude who looks like him in his place. 
It’s messy! 
DDD who? KH3 what? Real Organization XIII? 13 Darknesses??? I don’t know them. That sounds made up. 
(DDD is just the Mark of Mastery and Sora AND Riku both dealing with their trauma. Also the discovery of Aqua and Ven who need help like NOW) 
(KH3 is just Sora and Co. rescuing Aqua and Ven and Roxas and Namine and just giving everyone a relatively satisfying conclusion. No need for a grand epic battle. Just people picking up pieces and finding ways to move on.) 
(That’s it that’s the end of the series goodnight.)
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hey man, poppin' in to say, love your art and i am currently going through your intern riku au tag
also idk if anyone asked/mentioned this, but who is terra the bodyguard of?? it'd be funny if it was ansem lol.
aw hey dude thank you much, im glad you enjoy my stuff !!
all of my KH stuff is MAD old to me at this point and tbh i couldnt relay to you a single detail of what the lore for intern!riku was ♪(´▽`) when it came to terra tho i just remember he worked at a funeral home with aqua and ven- didnt really try to think of making 1:1 parallels with the main universe..
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radiantgardenprince · 2 years
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Getting thoughts down on an AU and it’s easier to have on my blog than on a note app that I can only access on one device.
TMA KH crossover. Original Organization XIII focused.
Xemnas - The Lonely Xigbar- The Eye Xaldin - The Vast Vexen - The Flesh? Lexaeus - The Buried Zexion - The Spiral Saix - The Hunt Axel - The Desolation Demyx - Random Intern Luxord - The End Marluxia - The Corruption Larxene - The Slaughter
Roxas The Dark Xion The Stranger
Maybes: Riku/Sora/Kairi? Some poor sob working in the archives/The Web?
Ansem SoD/Master Xehanort The Extinction  DiZ- ajfkla who fucking knows
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katestrophic · 3 years
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Kingdom Hearts OC Week - Day 4
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Prompt: Alternate Universe
Want to read my fanfic? You can read it here.
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Basically: Sakura woke up one day and chose violence.
In all seriousness, for today’s prompt, alternate universe, I wanted to show off Corrupted!Sakura. In this alternate universe, Sakura doesn’t escape/leave the Enchanted Dominion and is instead raised by Maleficent. She does eventually leave, but only after Maleficent tracks Kairi down as a Princess of Heart, and send Sakura to befriend her and her friends, and take her away. She successfully does this, along with finding Riku as a suitable vessel for darkness on top of that. Seeing no more use for the world, uses her Weaver of the Hearts ability to strip the world of its protection, and opens it up to be swallowed by darkness. After Sora finds her, she reveals her true colors to him, seeing that he’ll probably won’t survive and then leaves with Riku.
Corrupted!Sakura her silver hair and golden eyes, a trademark of being exposed to darkness and norted. Her clothing is also reversed, as her canon self wears more darker colors while her corrupted version wears white and much lighter colors. She still has her Weaver of the Hearts powers in this AU, but rather than using them for healing, similar to her Heartless form, she uses this power to cause destruction and to strip worlds of their protective barrier of light. Her Keyblade is also different, as depicted above. And, isn’t it funny that it resembles an executioner’s axe? The Keyblade’s name is End of Light. Like the light at the end of the tunnel that’s a common cliche people see before they die. :) She doesn’t view her friends as friends, just means to an end that will be disposed of once she’s done with them. Her personality isn’t that much different than her canon self, just that unless she’s putting up an act to fool others, she has little patience towards others and absolutely zero filter with what she says and no and morals, willing to do anything and everything get what she, or more accurately, what Maleficent wants.
She’s raised to be servant of Maleficent, and that’s all she ever knows, due to being conditioned and trained by her. Her deep-seeding loyalty to her comes from Maleficent withholding any form of positive reinforcement, only giving her the bare minimum of affection on occasion. That way, Sakura strives to please her mother just so that maybe, just maybe, her mother could be proud of her for doing something.
After all, a child wants to please their parent, right?
I had pulled Riku away from our “friends” into the Secret Place. It was just the two of us here.  “Riku, just how badly do you want to leave?” I questioned.
“More than anything,” He said.
“Do you trust me?” I asked him.
“I guess,” Riku shrugged.
Internally smiling, I continued. “That’s good, then I can tell you this. You know I’m not from here, right?”
“Well...yeah,” Riku blinked owlishly. “You came here out of no where and became one of us.”
“Okay, okay, stop giving me that look,” I giggled. “Yes, I’m not from here, but not in the way you think. I’m from another world, actually.”
“What, you are?!” Riku’s eyes widened. “You’re joking.”
“I’m not,” I stated. “I came here searching for something, but I haven’t been able to find it.” That was a lie. I had found Kairi, and intended to take her away along with Riku. But, I can’t tell him all about that, can I? “Unfortunately,” I continued. “I’ve ran out of time, and now this world is doomed.”
“What do you mean by that?” Riku demanded.
“This world will be gone by tonight,” I explained further. “And we can’t leave it. Even me. We’re all doomed if we don’t leave.”
“Is there anything we can do to stop it?” Riku asked.
“There’s no stopping it,” I replied. “But I can create an opening for us to escape.”
“You can?” He seemed confused, yet intrigued. “How?”
I summoned my Keyblade, Light’s End, and pointed it at the door. “On my cue, open the door,” I instructed him.
“How?” Riku said. “The door doesn’t lead anymore.”
“Trust me,” I smiled.
A Keyjole appeared on the door, and I pointed my Keyblade at it. Darkness shot out from the tip and pierced the Keyhole, unlocking it. I was then put in a trance, seeing a giant weaving in front of me. I pointed my Keyblade at it, and the threads began to pull apart. As the weaving ripped itself apart, darkness began to seep into it.
Being pulled out, I yelled at Riku, “Now!”
Riku did as I told him, pushing the door and it opened, mich to his surprise, revealing a pitch black void. Darkness began to seep out, because Riku to back away and I smiled, watching all the pieces fall into place. “We can leave now,” I assured him. “We’re not stuck here anymore.”
“I...hope so,” Riku hesitantly replied.
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“Sakura!” A voice yelled.
Turning towards the voice, I saw Sora. We stood on the destroyed remains of Destiny Islands as strong winds blew in all direction around us. “Sora?” I asked him.
“Come with me!” He pleaded. “We need to get out of here.”
“But why?” I said, playing dumb. “I want to leave this world!”
“Please, I cant lose anyone else!” Sora yelled.
“I...” I started, but stopped myself. “You know what, I’m done.”
“What?” Sora asked, confused. “Done? What do you mean by that?”
“Don’t you understand, Sora?” I sighed, dropping my facade that I held up all these months while with Sora. “Riku and I opened the door and caused all of this. Or rather...I did.”
“...but why?” Sora asked in a broken voice.
“Riku’s with me and Kairi’s someplace safe,” I shrugged.
“Give them back!” Sora demanded, tears forming in his eyes and slowly began falling down his face.
“Aw, look,” I snickered. “The hero cries in pain! Don’t worry-I took what was already mine. You and this world is just collateral damage.”
As Sora ran forward towards me, summoning a Keyblade in his hand. I held my hand out as red threads shot out from my fingers and struck Sora in the chest. He froze in place, eyes widening. A loud heartbeat sound was heard as a giant sound wave came from his body. At the sound of a heart, the Heartless gens to swarm, heading towards Sora. I released him as he gasped, doubling over before noticing the Heartless quickly approaching and began to attack them.
I waved at Sora before summoming a Corridor of Darkness. “Goodbye!” I smiled playfully as I stepped in, leaving him and this world behind to a realm of darkness.
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I dunno why but Riku strikes me as someone whose main motivation is spite. Like someone could dare him to do something stupid like "Dude, I dare you to drink a whole bottle of soy sauce" and he'd be like "Wtf? No" but then all they'd need to say would be "Wow, okay then, I guess you're too much of a pussy to do it" and they don't even have the chance to finish their sentence before he's grabbed the bottle and fucking downed the entire thing.
I just see him as someone who has many regrets but has proved many points.
FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT ACTUALLY DNXUBXSJSJ BECAUSE THAT'S LITERALLY HIM TO A TEE
Like on a lighter note what you said is absolutely correct it doesn't matter WHAT you dare him with (within reason ofc) if you say something like "well I guess you're too x to do it" he will 100% go out of his way to prove you wrong 💀 (he's been like this from a very young age too so rip his moms). That last sentence is so fucking powerful idk but yes it is literally him! Nobody proves points like Riku. In fact I was thinking of having this as like a silly running joke in Captain AU? Where the Thieves would say, be stuck at some puzzle and Riku would be like yeah whatever I don't get it. But then Ann say (it's nearly always Ann) is like well I guess you're too stupid to solve this and Riku is INSTANTLY braincell mode activated and solves the whole thing 😭. Idk I just thought it would be a bit of fun :]
On a darker note this is actually kind of his motivation in Black Mask AU??? I've never mentioned his true goal before but what he plans to do is basically tear down the upper class society he grew up in? So he's going after politicians, CEOs, billionaires you name it. Wanna know why? Because they all told him he'd never be good enough. That he'd never be successful like his mother and he was useless. And he really internalized that (regardless of the AU) but in Black Mask with his newfound power and anger at what happened to him... He's just like you know what fuck you I'm gonna prove you all wrong by getting rid of all of you. He has issues to say the least 😭
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❀ || Here’s your warning now !! If you don’t know what Fatal Frame is, it’s a survival horror game in which you photograph ghosts who have suffered in many awful ways. If death, horror, and all of those things aren’t your thing, don’t read! Some things mentioned in the drabble below are dismemberment, eye horror, body horror, stalking, and sickness, so please read at your own risk (even if I didn’t write anything too vicious or heavily described). 
This is all from @codebestowed​ and mine’s Fatal Frame AU ♡ Read Sora’s side of things here !!
     If there was one thing Riku would never get used to, it was the sheer amount of pure, unfiltered energy that made up malicious ghosts, the reminder coming to him in the form of slender fingers wrapping themselves viciously around his bicep with a force that made him feel as though his arm had been touched by live wire. Elongated, scarlet nails that were quite obviously not painted on, curled around soft flesh and muscle, a shrill voice reverberating around the room in a near deafening rising cacophony the more venom she spat.
     ‘Don’t look at me! Don’t look at me !! How dare you judge me!’
     He should have sensed the Mistress’s presence long before she manifested, her aura near suffocating with malice. There was little time to feel foolish over his mistake, not when the camera obscura trembled so insistently at his side as the spirit confined within grew equally as angered as she. Sora’s form was at his side in an instant, the phantom’s arm shooting out quicker than Riku could properly unravel the camera’s aperture as his friend moved in to defend him. Arm still seized in under the Mistress’s firm grip, the camera’s strap trapped beneath crimson claw, Riku struggled to lend aid in the form of being the camera’s user, but the angle was all wrong.
     Suddenly, the photojournalist was thrown effortlessly across the room, Sora’s concerned voice breaking through the piercing, angered screams of the Mistress.
     The burning against his side tore a hiss from the silveret’s lips, elbow gracelessly colliding with the floor in an effort to break his fall, only for the rest of his form to come tumbling after. It was in abject horror that Riku watched as the camera obscura slipped from his hold, old and rotting tatami flooring providing little as a means of stability and grip as it skated across the surface.
     Down the gaping hole that had been worn into the floor, exposed beams and foundation support being the only safety between them and the drop from their place in the manor atop the cliff. The camera’s neck strap, now torn and damaged, was caught precariously on a protruding beam.
     ‘Riku    ?’
     It was as if Sora’s whisper toppled over the first domino that strung together the next chain reaction, the brunet’s ghostly form suddenly flickering by the room’s entrance only to be jostled across the room with a pained cry, forced to remain within the camera’s permitted range.
     One which was currently threatening to slip off the beam and down into the village’s ground level below.
     ‘You think I’m hideous!’ Continued the Mistress’s wails, razor nails clawing down marred and misshapen features. ‘You think me a monster!’ She pressed on with the accusations, and it took all of Riku’s focus and sheer will to balance equal amounts of attention onto her and the wide-eyed stare of Sora below. ‘I’ll show you... !!’ The last bit of her statement was growled in a low, venomous whisper, as if without warning, her voice had gone hoarse from mistreatment.
     Eerily calm, slender form draped in the finest of silks, she moved forward in her advance, spurring Riku on to make his decision.
     “Sora!” He twisted around, shuffling towards the edge of the hole in the ground and reaching forth to grab hold of the camera’s strap. With every shift, every inch taken into the dangerous gaping maw and onto the rotting beams, the wood began to groan and splinter beneath his weight. 
     No... no, he had to...! He had to save Sora! He couldn’t do this alone, not without him! They made a promise to see things through to the end      together !!
     Another groan, but his chosen perch remained unbroken, and actively did the photojournalist ignore the Mistress’s twisted laughter as she did nothing but whisper sweetly of all the mutilation he would suffer at her hand      that he, too, would be made ugly and malformed, just as the tainted water did to her. It mattered not the promises she made, they were built on sinking ground at best, Riku’s own driving him forth to reach Sora, who’s own hand reached for his.
     How strange it was to see: Fear, panic, hope, and longing, all reflected back at him through a dead person’s eyes; How alive Sora appeared to be, as lifeless dark carmines seemed to swim with life within their unblinking gaze.
     Fingertips nearly grazed before the camera’s strap snapped and sent the camera obscura plunging into the quiet village below.
     Riku didn’t know who screamed, himself, Sora, or the Mistress approaching from above.
     Perhaps it was all three.
     “SORA     !!” Panic, palatable and colder than any winter, it settled into his being as though it stemmed from his very soul, vision blurring in a mixture of anxiety and building tears. Something inside of him broke, hands unable to stop in their tremor, a feeling that only transferred straight through into his shoulders. His entire body was trembling, breath coming in short, quick pants      hyperventilating       as he watched the camera, and Sora’s comforting presence, vanish over the cliffside.
     I... I have to go get him... I have to--           ‘I’LL MAKE RIBBONS OUT OF YOU!’
     Bloodied fingers reached for silver tresses, jostling Riku out of his daze. Heart hammering firmly within his chest, he clamored across the beam in an effort to crawl beneath the house’s foundation, a cramped space which provided just enough room to shuffle his body through with panicked motions. The Mistress remained wailing from her spot above, an endless stream of curses and terrible promises, vividly describing the desecration of Riku’s living body in awful glee.
     ‘String you up! Such a pretty pretty ribbon you’ll be~’ Dirt clumped against his chest, burrowing under his nails and slipping into his shoes as he breathed heavily in his escape. ‘Will you make me beautiful again? Your skin will make a fine gown!’ His lungs felt on fire, but he knew the labored breath wasn’t due to him being out of shape. Vision blurring once more, he felt the beginnings of another internal threat waiting to throw his senses into overdrive.
     A panic attack. He hadn’t had one of those since he was a kid in the homes, openly weeping to the matrons of awful twisted apparitions and a sky that wouldn’t stop raining red. 
     ‘I’ll cut you to pieces! You don’t deserve to look beautiful! I do! I do! I     ’
     Silence, deafening and sharper than any knife, causing Riku to pause in his escape. It was only then that he noticed the newly acquired lightning scar to mar the skin against his arm, right where the Mistress had held him in her vise grip, but he didn’t linger on the matter too long.
     Why is it so damn quiet...?
     A shuddered breath, the exhale he let out being cut short each and every time he tried. He should be glad there was no more screaming, but dead silence never meant well when it came to this cursed village. If Riku had learned anything during his time here, it was that silence meant you crossed into another’s domain, the boundary belonging to each ghost varying. The Mistress was bound to her manor, tall and proud beams displaying every luxurious expense with nothing spare. Was beneath such a grandiose display not a part of that domain?
     No, of course not, his mind supplied, allowing himself to calm the slightest in knowing he was safe. She thinks herself too high and mighty to even think of lowering herself this far into the dirt, in living or in death.
     Eyes slipped shut, yearning for the safety of the blindfold Sora had found for and gifted him.
     More than that, he wanted nothing more than to get Sora back, safe and sound, where he knew they could both watch each other’s backs and keep one another safe.
     Lashes fluttered open in a moment’s determination. ‘She put me down here... she is cruel...’ Only for a pale face to greet him in twisted, mangled agony, the spirit’s limbs obviously broken in such a way that came from careless shoving and forcing into a space that was not meant to be filled. She reminded Riku of a spider, elbows and knees bent upwards as joints were pressed firmly into the beams above his head, her neck craned and dangling with the gentlest of sways.
     ‘The Mistress... even when beautiful... was always an ugly monster...’
     And then she had vanished, fading into nothingness as her words provided another blanket of silence. His heart drummed within his chest relentlessly, mercilessly beating against his ribs with such force, Riku swore he could feel the dirt beneath him shift as if being subjected to an earthquake. No matter how many spirits he encountered, each and every one was frightening in their own right, be it by how large of a threat they were, or how terrible a fate they had suffered.
     There would be many more ghosts to stand in his way on his journey to find Sora, and even as Riku pulled himself through the crawlspace, and finally, out to freedom, it was difficult to think he could make it through unscathed and without being afraid.
     ‘Don’t be afraid’, he recalled Sora telling him, fingers gingerly digging out the semi-transparent cloth from his pocket, ‘This will keep you safe.’
     He stood there for a moment, body aching with more than just a few bruises and burns, but with a fear and primal need to ensure his ghostly companion was safe      to ensure that his friend was safe. Cameras were fragile things, especially one of the obscura’s particular make. It could have been damaged from the fall, even if the camera hadn’t been folded out when it had fallen. Riku only hoped the sturdy casing kept it protected during the tumble.
     With shaking hands, cloth met his eyes and shrouded his vision in a layer of darkness, embroidery of cherry blossoms and branches stitched into the fabric in just as black a thread as the rest. It was a subtle design, despite its intricacy, but the fabric or design itself wasn’t what made it so special.
     Eyes were the windows to the soul, so the saying went. It was easier to go unnoticed by the phantoms when your eyes were kept hidden, but most of all, it made it easier to remain hidden from     
     No... no, he couldn’t think of that nightmare of a spirit, a cold chill being sent tumbling down his spine. Riku felt safe underneath the guise of the cloth, and that’s what had mattered.
     Sora had told him he was safe wearing it, after all, and he trusted the camera’s spirit with all he had.
     “S-sora... please be safe...” He murmured quietly, brows drawn together in a moment’s concern before he drew in a deep breath and took the first step forward.
     The pathway from the manor down back into the village was lined with unlit stone lanterns and Japanese maples, bright and fiery leaves rustling gently in the light breeze. It was harder to see with the blindfold over his eyes, despite how translucent the fabric was, not with how the moon overhead grew shrouded behind passing clouds. Riku found comfort in the constant chirping of crickets amidst the otherwise silent night, their music drowning out each and every shaken breath he took as boots took care with each step down the sloping pathway. It was cold, but Riku couldn’t determine whether that was due to the actual temperature of the night, or because of the lingering spirits to inhabit the village.
     A sob, one that had the silveret holding his breath and freeze in his descent, going so far as to lifting his hands to his mouth in an effort to keep his breathing to a minimal. Its source came from the mockery of a torii gate just at the end of the pathway, the shape mimicking the sacred gate commonly found on sacred grounds or before shinto shrines. The Mistress was so full of herself in life, it seemed, that she had the thing built to signify the entrance to her manor. A sacrilege among the village, no doubt, if the wrinkle in Sora’s nose told Riku anything the first time they had crossed the grounds.
     Sora...
     If he wanted to find Sora, he needed to brave the village on his own. With every cautious step taken forward, Riku saw more and more of the phantom stationed behind the gate, a young man knelt in prayer who paid the only living soul there no mind.
     ‘Heavens help us,’ he mourned unmoving, ‘the sickness is spreading...’
     And then he was gone, just as the last spirit had done, vanishing from sight and leaving Riku alone in the dark once again.
     I can do this... Sora, I’ll be right there. Just please... please be okay..!
     Humble homes stretched out before him, old and forgotten banners and signs swinging lightly in the breeze, the ocassional rusty creak weaving itself upon the wind’s breath. The young photojournalist pressed onward, feeling eyes on him from all angles. On instinct, Riku’s hand flew to his side, wanting nothing more than to feel the reassuring presence and warmth of the camera at his side.
     But hand met nothing but his jeans, the space empty where his comfort once was. His opposite hand flew to his chest, fingers curling around a strap that no longer pressed against there, and instead, found himself clutching at the fabric of his shirt instead.
     Riku couldn’t lie.
     He was terrified, a fear fueled by his own regard for his safety, and the fear that something terrible had happened to Sora and it had been his own, careless fault.
     There was screaming suddenly in the distance, loud and piercing, sending Riku near stumbling down stone steps. Heart lodged within his throat, sea green eyes widening behind the veil, he listened intently for the source, hearing the gentle rustling from a house nearby and the falling of something ceramic in another. The spirits were sensing him, smelling his fear and seeking him out to their locale, enticing that sense of curiosity and concern that any living person would pursue in order to ensure the inhabitant from within was okay.
     Riku wouldn’t be lured by their tricks, picking up the pace as his heart hammered within his chest, every beat sending spots into his vision. He had his goal, his mind set and determined to find Sora. There would be nothing that could get in the way of his goal, not even     
     ‘I found you...’ That familiar voice hit him like a wave, crashing over him with a force that drew a startled, strangled sound from his lips. Riku hated how his senses seemed to shut down at the sound, hands clamped over his mouth once again as he felt the beginnings of panic settle over him all over. ‘You have my eyes... Give me back my eyes...!’
     He saw the Eyeless Akinari’s fingers curl from around the corner of an alley, long digits digging into the wood as though using it for support, before the rest of his form came rounding about. Nose pointed high in the air, he sniffed and smelled for the living, breathing presence to walk among the dead, neck craning a moment before he directly faced Riku’s form.
     Thoroughly caught, it spurred the silveret on, feet digging into the ground below as he broke into a sprint. Long limbs reached for him, the air charged with static from the energies Eyeless Akinari radiated, so much so, Riku felt the hairs on his arms stand on end as he twisted away from the ghost’s reach.
     ‘Don’t be greedy! Share your eyes with me!’
     “Get    ” His voice cut out, a particularly harsh beat of his heart shaking his very being as he scrambled for balance and bolted down the village steps, hands shooting out to push himself off buildings as he practically ricocheted back and forth clumsily with each dodge. “     your own!”
     Riku climbed over stone fencing, leaping over modest gardens that had long lost their fruit and flora, before vaulting over into the roads behind. All the while, Eyeless Akinari followed like a bloodhound chasing its target without mercy, begging and pleading that Riku comply with his requests (demands). Breath heavy on his lips, he descended further and further into the village, ignoring mournful cries and wailing pleas, even when hands sought a banister for stability, ghostly counterparts rising to grasp at them in an effort to further seek his aid.
     They were disembodied arms, but the voice to echo in sharp gasps in his ears was particularly feminine.
     ‘Help me! Please, help me! It hurts! It hurts!’           “I-I’m sorry, I can’t    !”
     ‘Give me back my eyes! You stole them! It’s not fair! It’s not fair!’
     Riku tore his hand from the partial apparition, continuing on his race to find his friend. If he could somehow lose the Eyeless Akinari     
     The cherry blossoms... Eyes widened at the sight of them, that particular part of the village having been long abandoned over the fear of the tainted waters. The ghosts avoided the pastel trees out of fear for their afterlives, for reasons Riku couldn’t entirely understand, not just yet. Sora had spoken very briefly over the matter, but the point remained the same: Cherry blossom trees meant safety.
     Sparing no time, Riku bolted for the trees, narrowly missing another swipe from the Eyeless Akinari. The spirit let out an angered scream, making Riku’s blood run cold as the sound startled him and sent him sprawling onto the ground.
     Lungs cried for him to stop, to rest and catch his breath, but Riku forced himself upright anyhow, hands reaching forward to clutch at the ground and pull him forward if he had to. The ghost was just above him, but fingers met soft fallen petals with that single reach. Fists clenched, the silveret twisted on the ground and threw a handful of petals at Eyeless Akinari in a last minute’s effort to fight back.
     The scream was deafening, but Riku registered the pained sound not to be his own terror fueled, determined one. 
     Eyes that he hadn’t realized he squeezed shut slowly fluttered open behind the blindfold, catching sight of Eyeless Akinari’s flailing form behind embroidered fabric.
     Riku took the moment to scramble back onto his feet, sprinting down the path despite the newly acquired ache he felt in his knee. The road through the cherry blossoms would only slow the phantom down, and surely, Riku would encounter the awful spirit someplace deeper into the village, near the mill the silveret knew resided just below the manor, and where likely, Sora resided in wait.
     His chest burned, lungs on fire, but Riku refused to give pause.
     Not until he found Sora and knew he was safe.
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