Riku stood on the higher ground as he scoffed at his friend. "Sora... stop bothering them with our problems. This fight doesn't concern them." Sora looked back at them before looking to Riku. "My heart says different... I know you're stronger than me. You're better at me than lot of stuff. But your wrong about this. If they want to help us get our friends back, I say we let them." "We?" Riku asked. "How will you fight without a weapon? That swords not gonna do you much good. You should've taken the free keyblade. " I know now I don’t need the Keyblade. I’ve got a better weapon. My heart." Riku scoffed again. :Your heart? What good will that weak little thing do for you?" "All though my heart may be weak, it’s not alone. It's going to grow with each new experience, and it’ll find a home with all the friends I’ll make. I’ll become a part of their hearts just as they’ll become a part of mine. These people we met... I'm not going to forget them. The words they told me... their faces. Their hearts. They're going to stay with me no matter how far from the island we get. I'll make friends with as many people as I can! And if they think of me now and then...if they don’t forget me...then our hearts will be one. (He takes out the wooden sword) "I don’t need a weapon. My friends will be my power!" The wayward wind keyblade appeared in Sora's hand, as he stood back in amazement. "Whoa!" Riku was at a loss for words, simply choosing to to grit his teeth and go into the tunnel leading to the stomach. "Riku, wait!" Sora yelled, chasing after him. Aux blinked as he leaned over to Kaida. "Please tell me that's not who I think it is..."
"Is this all of you?" Enzo asked. The woman shook her head. He took her by the arm and wrapped her arm around his neck, to help her get to her feet. The child crying still, he picked up and put over his shoulder. "There is a time and place to cry little boy, but that water won't help here... Just keep your eyes shut until we get out." He quickly took out his keyblade from his pant leg and cast a water spell over the flames, He created an accessible walkway that he dashed through as he ran far enough with enough adrenalin pumping in his body, that he couldn't think about anything else. The fires were thick with heat, but Enzo continued to cast water spells and was running out of the building, as soon as he was close enough to the exit, he heard a loud meowing sound. "AHH.. must save cat." He heard the cat near the window close by and immediately kicked through the glass with his foot. He then made a quick turn, and rapped his foot around the cat, who was hissing at the fire. He gently tapped his foot on the underbelly of the cat, before lifting it off the ground with his foot and tossing it out the window. A loud, scream was let loose as the cat flew out the window. "You're welcome!" Enzo called out, before exiting with the small family in tow. Enzo's face was covered in soot as he took the family in a safe distance before running off to reconvene with Aria. He cast a couple of water spells to drench the heartless before slashing at them with his keyblade to extinguish them permenantly. "Where are they coming from?" he asked in a serious tone to Aria.
"F-fire?" Enzo, asked trying to keep up a pleasant smile. There was obviously something about the job that was getting him as he quickly looked around himself to wonder just how close they were to any intense heat. As the fires grew, Enzo took a few steps back, almost afraid of the searing humidity that came off the buildings. He tried to make another sentence, but his mouth continued to quiver and he was unable to form words. He just kept mumbling quietly to himself as he the word 'fire' was hushly repeated over and over to himself. His smile faded as his face was now flushed with fear. He closed his eyes tightly as he covered his temple with both hands. Not again... He kept hearing the screams of people echo in his head and the memory of him calling out for his mother. Not again... His eyes darted back and forth as a crackling spark from the enchanted fire, caused him to wince and jump a bit. His mind jumping back and forth from his current age and his childhood memory. Not again.... He shut his eyes as tightly as he could, hoping he would awaken from this repeating nightmare. He couldn't do this. Not again... As he was trapped in his own head of torment and screams, a kid crying broke him out of his traumatic loop. The child sounded like they were no older than six. Not again. He flew his head up with faint eyes wide open as he looked in the direction of the building. A few tears strolling down his face, he saw small auras of light amidst the blinding heat of the fires. The screams and cries from the townspeople being in present day. He couldn't do anything back then. But that was then. Never again. Recomposing himself, he took a very solemnt breath and kept his mind in focus, he took off his glasses and wiped away any tears from his face before putting them back on. He took a very big breath before bolting off into the direction of the fires. "I'M VERY TRULY TERRIFIED, BUT ANSWER TO THE CHILDREN'S CRIES-" Enzo ran in and disappeared into the fires with his voice trailing off.
Aux made a small groaning noise as he dusted himself off. "You have... kids?" Aux asked as he tried to jump back into reality as he shook his head to get re-aligned with himself. Sora and Riku immediately got up as they looked around. "Kairi! We have to go after her! Pinocchio too!" "Where's Kairi!? I thought she was here!" "She went into the maze with the rest of these guys. But then some... monster took her and-" "What!" Riku interrupted. "If she was with you, you were supposed to protect her! How could you let that happen!" "Riku, it happened fast and... we can get her back!" Sora tried to defend himself. "No... I can get her back. You've done enough." "Riku..." Sora tried to reach his hand out as his friend began to walk away. "Geppetto stopped working for a moment as he watched Riku pass by. "Oh.. is my Pinocchio safe?..." "He will be. I'll bring him back. Kairi too. Sora will stay here and sit this one out." "Hey! What's that supposed to mean!" Sora called out. Riku stopped and turned around. "Everything's a game to you. We're not on the island anymore. This isn't a race or a wooden sword fight! Bad things can happen in other worlds. You promised me you'd take things more seriously!" "Hey, I kept my promise. Besides, you can't fight that thing alone!" "Why not? I've done a lot on my own. I always had to push you to work on the raft. When we left the island I thought things were going to be different. But you're the same Sora as when we were kids... You never change." Riku turned and kept walking, but didn't make it to the chamber before the whale started to shake violently. A ghost's face appeared briefly before the chambers shut in on itself. "What... what was that?" Riku asked stepping back. "That's the ghost we saw earlier!" Sora called out. "And that's just the head." A ghostly wail was coming from a higher area. "I think it's coming from the throat," Jiminy proclaimed. "Then that's where I'm going," Riku nodded. "Well I'm coming too!" Sora argued. "No you aren't. You'll jest get in the way." Riku summoned his keyblade, and climbed a pile of rubble to get to the higher ledge. "Your heart just isn't strong enough..." Sora looked down sadly as he stayed put.
CHAMBER 21 (AJ, Ignis, Kaida, Kel, Marx, Sora) The group fast traveled to Chamber 21 As the party arrived at the dead end, the same heartless that took Kairi earlier, was dangling from the top of the chamber as it held Kairi inside. "Don't worry Kairi, we'll get you out!" He began to charge forward. "Sora wait!" The ground opened up from beneath the group as everyone fell in. The party is now back at the mouth!
Enzo chuckled at Qamar's threat. "Hahaha, classic Qamar..." He looked in the direction of the castle looming in the distance, as he could feel the energy differ from their previous location. He felt a bit uneasy, but still chose to keep high spirits as they walked along. He couldn't recall the last time he saw the castle, only that it was one of the last landmarks he saw before leaving this place all those years ago. "So Torrin, what do you plan to do when we get to your home? Any lost loves? Owed debts? Casualties of war you weren't affiliated with, but they still blame you for what happened and thus have vengeance sworn upon you?" That last one seemed oddly specific he realized.
CHAMBER 37 (Ananta, Aux, Castur, Faust, Karina, Riku) The party fast traveled to Chamber 37! "Riku," he replied to Ananta. "And thanks for the offer, but..." He gripped his fist as he kept walking. "I'll pass. I'm done being treated as a kid. When we left our island, we made a pact. That the three of us would help find Kairi find her real home. Once we set sail, there was no going back... We knew we might never see our parents again, and we took the risk. We had one chance to leave and we took it. After Destiny islands fell to darkness. Destiny Islands was the name of the place where the battle o 10k heartless took place. Interesting to know that was their ticket back to the realm of light. "But just because we lost our home, that was no excuse to stop searching. We couldn't let fear stop us.... I'm not afraid of the darkness!" Riku called out as his voice echoed throughout the chamber. As the group hit another dead end, a gelatinous heartless fell from above, it's giant stomach showing to be a cage that had Pinocchio inside of it. "Riku! Help!" he cried asthe heartless hung from the ceiling by it's arms. "Hey, drop him!" Riku was about to summon his keyblade when the chamber shook violently. A hole opened up beneath the group, causing them all to fall through All players fell back into the mouth! ------------------------------ CHAMBER 29 (AJ, Ignis, Kaida, Kel, Marx, Sora) The group fast traveled to Chamber 29! Left or RIGHT?
CHAMBER 35 Riku looked down at his weapon "A keyblade... so that'swhat its called." wraised an eyebrow at the group. "Just who are you guys supposed to be anyways?..." "He's Faust. The traveling magician." Aux sarcastically replied. He summoned his keyblade into his hand before making it vanish again. "So wait... you're all from other worlds then! My friends and I were going to go out and explore what was out there beyond our island, but then we got sucked into this mess." He dissolved his keyblade as he walked past them. "Well if love to pick your brains, but I have friends to find..."
CHAMBER 16 (AJ, Ignis, Kaida, Kel, Marx, Sora) A ghost's face appeared momentarily before vanishing as the party raced through. "Huh... what was..." Sora stopped for a moment. "Did you guys see something?" Left or Right?
CHAMBER 17 (AJ, Ignis, Kaida, Kel, Marx, Sora) Straight or left?
CHAMBER 14 (AJ, Ignis, Kaida, Kel, Marx, Sora) The party fast traveled to Chamber 14! Straight or left?
CHAMBER 36 (Ananta, Aux, Castur, Faust, Karina) Party fast traveled to Chamber 36! "Keep chewing on tough meat and you're gonna wreck your teeth..." Aux lectured before the group approached the young boy. He wore a yellow sleeveless top and poofy blue pants. His shoes were longer than average and he donned long, silver hair down to his neck. The boy punched the wall before turning around. His eyes widened as he stepped forward, summoning his KINGDOM KEY keyblade. "Who are you?! And how long have you been spying on me!?" He wasn't sure if the boy came with another group, or was still new. Aux looked towards Ananta. "Pick up another stray? That, or he's Riku or Sora..." "What do you know about us!?" Riku continued shouting questions as he stood his ground. "Answer me or else... you don't know what this is... but it's a powerful weapon stronger than any blade. It's powered by the strength of my heart. Not just anyone can wield it..." This boy. Knows nothing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAMBER 2 (AJ, Ignis, Kaida, Kel, Marx, Sora) The party fast traveled to Chamber 2! Straight or RIGHT?
CHAMBER 12 The party was fast traveled to Chamber 12! The group looked around as everything seemed to look just like any other chamber. Pinocchio and Kairi stepped forward as they looked around. "Aww, Riku's not here..." Pinocchio said sadly. "Guess we'll keep looking somewhere else. He's really good at this game..." "Man... Why does Riku always have to go off an be so cool all the time." Sora found a nearby wall and kicked it hard. As he did, the chamber started to shake. "Whoa!" he gasped out. "Uh-oh... I think I made it mad." Two gelatinous heartless fell from above, being held up by their stretchy arms. Their stomachs being giant cages, they descended from above, and each heartless swallowed a prisoner. The left taking Kairi, and the right taking Pinocchio. "Get me outta here!" Pinocchio yelled. "Sora!" Kari called out. "Kairi! Pinocchio!" Sora tried to chase after them, but both heartless slingshoted themselves back into the air, and were using their long arms to swing across the room before heading out of the chamber. "We gotta go after them! They have Kairi!" Sora said as he led the others out. The party was flooded back out to Chamber 9! Chamber's 10, 11, and 12 are closed off! (AJ, Ignis, Kaida, Kel, Marx, Sora) Straight or left? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAMBER 33 (Ananta, Aux, Caster, Faust, Karina) The party fast traveled to Chamber 33! LEFT or straight? "I doubt we'd do anything major from the inside against this thing... My guess is if he won't open that gaping maw of his, we'll just have to force him. Upset his stomach or something... Wherever it is." He took a pause and turned to Castur. "And you are NOT eating me, thank you. I already get chewed up enough as it is by this one," he pointed his head at Karina as they kept walking. As they hit "Another Dead end! Sora! Pinocchio where are you!" A disgruntled young boy;s voice called out. It didn't sound like any voice from their party, "Whoever that is... seem to be just as lost as we are...." He turned to Karina. "Always left right?"
CHAMBER 9 (AJ, Ignis, Kaida, Kel, Marx, Pinocchio, Kairi, Sora) Back, left or right? Sora stopped mid-run as he looked back at everyone? "Huh?" Kairi walked up to him and gave him a small slap in the back of the head. "You lazy bum! I was trying to tell you that they were the ones helping us." Sora chuckled, embarrassed by it all. "Oh... he he. My bad... But you never know right? If I can't even protect Pinocchio, how can I hope to protect you and Riku?..." "Sora..." Kairi held his hand and smiled. "We protect each other." Sora offered a small nod and smile before replying. "Yeah." "Hi Sora! We still have to find Riku, don't we," Pinocchio smiled. "Uh-huh. So let's get going!" Kairi said. "That way!" "That way!" "That way" All three of them pointed in different directions as they said their sentence in unison. Sora pointed left, Kairi pointed right, and Pinocchio pointed straight back. They didn't seem to know where they were going.
Enzo lazily walked behind the rest of the group, being a silent presence as he took in the world around him. The darkness was heavy, and Torrin's words put a sense of tension on the situation at hand. Enzo gave a thumbs up as he walked behind the group with his hands in his pockets. "We're sneakily walking along, While Enzo is singing a song. Surrounded by darkness and forces unknown, and also the chance that we could break our bones," He hummed his little tune as he walked along. "Waking as if we are frightened and scared, Mercy will never be sullied or spared, If we are found, we'll be bound and in prison, From the dark forces that here are ariseeeeeen." "And the order in which we'll surely die is as follows," Enzo cleared his throat. "Boreas will be the first to defend us, And put up a fight that will be stupendous, But sad as it is, he'll fall to the fight, From all of their archers and all of their knights. Next will be Qamar who gives us away, Loud and obnoxious and all in your face, She will be silenced and quelled of your voice, Only by me since she gave me no choice. Then there's Aria and sweet Eilonwy, Since they have values, their lives spared will be, Only to be used in the darkest of ways, as princess of light, and obefient slave. Then there is Torrin ho falls from his quest, Dies in Enzo's arm's; his friend who's the best. Whispers that he was so cool with his style, As Enzo then nods then gives him a smile. As Torrin then dies, held in Enzo's arms. Enzo yells VENGEANCE and charges to harm! He summons his blade and enters the fray, Ready to help and reclaim this worst day. But like each legend, he falls in the end, but not before taking out ten thousand men. The only one left, who is left to recall, This story of sadness, and friendship and awe, A musical man, known by all true men! The bard of the group, whose name is called..." Enzo paused for a moment before turning to Lumen. "What's your name again?..."
CHAMBER 24 (Ananta, Aux, Caster, Faust, Karina) Faust fast traveled and caught up with the group in the middle of something awkward! Straight or LEFT?
CHAMBER 22 (Faust) Straight or LEFT? ----------------------------------------------- CHAMBER 24 (Ananta, Aux, Caster, Karina) The group fast traveled to Chamber 24! Straight or left?
CHAMBER 17 (Faust) Left or Straight?
CHAMBER 9 (AJ, Ignis, Kaida, Kel, Marx, Pinocchio, Kairi, Sora) Left or RIGHT? Kel, Marx, and Ignis ran into Kaida and AJ! "Hey Sora, Hi Kairi!" Pinocchio said as Kel was dragging him by his arm. "These are my new friends!" Sora looked at how Kel had him by the arm and assumed the worst. "Hey... let go of Pinocchio!" Sora called out, holding his wooden sword in a battle ready stance. "Sora..." Kairi tried to speak, realizing they dressed similarly to their older companions. "Stay behind me Kairi, I'll tae care of em!" Sora went in with his wooden sword and charged at Kel. "Let go of him!" ------------------------------------------------------------ CHAMBER 14 (Faust) Faust fast traveled to Chamber 14 Straight or left?
CHAMBER 2 Faust fast travelled to Chamber 2! Left or Right?
