Video Game: Kingdom Hearts SOS: The Road To Light

Kel was honestly impressed that they had managed to get to Little Rodentia without getting lost. The sign did help to confirm that they actually had gotten to the right place after all. The next step was to find the person that they were supposed to be interrogating, to which Kel took a quick look to refresh himself on what Duke Weaselton looked like. When he was certain that he had memorized what he looked like, Kel looked up and started looking around to try and find him. He'd done this right as Luna had gone up to a weasel that just happened to be Duke Weaselton himself. Kel approached him soon after Luna did, adding in, "We promise that it won't take too long."

 

Ananta chuckled at Aux and watched Nala shortly after. Apparently, she found herself a nice plump pig that she soon started to chase. While she wasn't too keen on watching Nala any more, Ananta was well aware what was happening and almost wanted to stop Nala. Then she remembered that she was a bird and Nala was still the bigger of the two. "Hey uh...Aux...I think we ought to try and stop her. You're a lion so uh...go forth?" she suggested, pecking at his head gently.​

 

While all of this was scary, Ananta couldn't help but chuckle at Hikaru's attempts to get Timon off of Kaida's back. "That's what you get for being rideable!" Ananta called to her. Like they had a choice in what they became. It was still ironic, nonetheless. Though Aux was being pretty funny himself, which spurred a chuckle from her as well. His next line was just, wrong, though.

"Aux, please..." Ananta sighed at his remarks of cooking Timon. "You haven't ate me yet, so why him?" she teased.

Watching the two lions fight was interesting, but Ananta was more concerned why suddenly they were patting heads and other th- oh. Ananta realized what might be going on and she already knew to just nod and ignore what alone time they wanted as she looked to TImon. "So while they reconcile and whatnot, can you guys tell us who this Simba is to you? I mean, how come you guys are okay with him but not Nala?"​

 

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Andrew watched as everything began to unfold from Hikaru helping Kaida to Nala going after the warthog. Then a voice said, 'So this is the end of Timon and Puumba? Oh the shame!' this was kinda of funny. Then asked if they could cook the other one. Why could they not cook Aux? Then Timon said, 'Yeah! That's our guy! Get her! Bite her head! GO FOR THE LEGS!' He almost chuckled. Then there was a reveal that Simba was there. Nala did say he was dead' never think someone is dead unless you see it yourself. This made his think of his friend and the possible fact he could be alive. Then he tried to put the thought out of his head. He saw his friend get pushed into a hole it was not possible he could not think that. He might be surprised one day but he could not think that way. He face said he was in deep thought. Hikaru seemed so innocent first the food then the king.

Nala then said, 'You're alive!' An explanation would be nice. 'So that means...nobody's planning to eat anybody else for lunch, right?' "I don't plan on it" Then Simba and Nala walked off. "So what is here besides trees, dirt and bugs?" He was more interested in other animals that might be here.

 

Weaselton was not happy to be dealing with more cops, a fact that was made pretty clear right off the bat. The fact that he'd mentioned the names of not only one of the people that they were looking for, but both of them was very suspicious for all of 5 seconds. Those five seconds had ended with Weaselton stating that they were the third group to interrogate him. Were interrogations supposed to go like this? Somehow Kel pictured them to be more...organized. Kel attempted to speak, mainly to stop him from ranting on any further, when a couple of gold watches fell from Weaselton's person. If it had just been the watches then maybe the only thing that Kel would've said was 'Are they going to be okay'. The wallets falling however lead to an awkward silence between them. He may not have known what a parking ticket was, but he had a general idea on what a wallet was and more importantly, none those faces matches his at all. "Wait, get back here!" Kel was the first one to take off after their new person of interest.

 

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Ignis listened as the sheep tried to keep herself calm and collected, as if she were better than everyone else in the room. She apparently hated predators as well, because the glare Beuce and Ignis received was not a pleasant one at all. Ignis could understand why a sheep might not like predators, but maybe this one was more like a wolf in sheep's clothing.

After a minute, some loud noise boomed from the next room over and there was a lion that was trying to help out. Though Ignis wasn't sure if "help" was the right word. It seemed more like the lion was just trying to get on someone's good side to get out sooner, which was certainly selfish of it. Then something came up about a turf war in Tundratown and that seemed to get on the sheep's nerves. She tried to deny there was nothing related to the two they were searching for, but it seems like this sheep couldn't hold her lies together very well once they fell apart. It might have better just for her to keep quiet at this point, but that lion was getting on her nerves, and maybe they could get something out of that.

"So, this turf war that isn't related to who we're looking for, you said it was going on in Tundratown? We're kind of new you see, and we're not sure who's important around here. Is there anyone we should know about, so we can stay away from them in case we end having to go there to ask anyone questions? A big city like this with no leads, who knows where we might end up."

Ignis wasn't very good at interrogation, but she didn't have to be with the moronic lion next door and the sheep blabbing her mouth trying to hide her secrets.

 

Ananta listened with amusement at Timon and Pumba. When they spoke about things they CAN do, she heard Aux's comment. "Oh right, also like how I CAN steal your hat but I won't because that'd be rude." she threatened. "I don't even weigh anything anyway..." she murmured.

Hikaru's description of what they knew so far was pretty much on par. Then she saw Nala return, looking sullen. "Uh oh...that can't be good." she commented, looking down at Aux. "Got any ideas on how to help her?" she asked him, curious if he had any ideas. "Besides, what's wrong with helping people? Didn't you do that in your home world thing or were you guys too busy trying to protect all the worlds?" Ananta teased. That last part wasn't meant to be rude, but hopefully Aux didn't see it that way.​

 

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Andrew did not get an answer for what else might be in the forest. He was sure that one way or another he would find out at some point. That was when Aislinn said, 'Is there a food source around here that you can point us in the direction of?' The only thing that he could see was bug in every direction and he was not so sure that the pridlanders could make it here. It was a wonder that they did not run out of water yet based on what the pridelands looked like. Timon and Puumba went on about how they found Simba. That they were feding him grubs instead of meat and have been living the carefree life ever since. "So you picked up a lion." That was interesting They got his trust that was for sure because otherwise he did not think they would be here.

That was when Puumba asked, 'So are the pridelands really starving?' "Well it looks like it is just dirt and sand. It is a wonder there is anyone alive." Timon then said, 'We don't live under that motto! We live under HAKUNA MATATA!' He looked up at AJ, Aux and Hikaru. 'Oh but you guys look great of course!' "I already said I was not going to hurt you or eat you so stop worrying. Just relax",he said with a smile. That was unless the two did something that would hurt the people he was with but he did not see that happening. "If you follow Hakuna Matata then at some point someone other then just one lion is going to find this place and they might not be as friendly as us."

That was when the world's mission finally popped up before the party's eyes. Humm this was going to be interesting. Aislinn then said, 'Well what did you expect Nala? You haven't seen Simba for years after all, he grew up with these two, he won't be the king you want him to be, not right away... but maybe he can still help. Come, let me help you talk to him, maybe we can convince him to at least help a bit. If not, then we will help you in whatever way we can. I would like to see your land at peace once more.' He did not see that, just because Nala came into the picture Simba would leave. There were going to have to do more then convincing. He was about to say maybe he should try talking to Simba but Aislinn got to it first so said nothing.

He looked at Aislinn and said, "I suggest we find out why he does not want to go back to the pridelands. There has to be some reason. What is your thoughts?" He then looked at the others before continuing. "He lived here for years with nothing to worry about. So he not going to want to just get up and leave. It is going to have to be his choice."

 

As Weaselton continued to speak, his comments about bunny police officers still intrigued Luna but she didn't want to dwell on it. As he continued, he mentioned the three being the third squad to ask about Officers Nick and Judy. "Third Squad?" Luna took out a notepad that she brought from the precinct and began jotting down what Weaselton had said. She stopped and looked up to see wallets fall out of his pockets. She placed her hands on her hips as more wallets and other miscellaneous objects fall out of his pockets. Before anyone counld comment on it, Weaselton began running off. "Get back here!!" Luna started running after him. She then remembered the area she was in and began warning the people to be careful. "Everyone please be careful! There is a police pursuit in progress!! Again please be careful!!" Luna continued her chase after Weaselton. Weaselton started throwing stuff on the ground to lose the three chasing after him. In the midst of the chaos, a donut was about to fall on a mole with her infant as they were coming out of a store. "Watch out!" Luna sped over to rescue. She grabbed the donut and placed it on the roof of the building. "Are you alright?" The mole smiled as she held her infant. "Thank you so much!!" Luna smiled and looked over at the mole's child. "Awww! So adorable!" "Thank you! He's about 4 months old!" "Awwww!!!!!" Luna smiled before waving at the mole and continued her chase after Weaselton. "Come back here!!"

 

Stratos wasn't aware that there was a missing person's case to begin with, so he had supposed that this interogation was already going far better than he could've hope for. However, the feeling lasted for about 5 seconds, before the sheep had denied any and all knowledge about the case they were supposedly following. Before anything else could happen, though, a lion in a cell next to them spoke up, telling them about an upcoming turf war. Stratos wasn't really sure about how any of that was relevant, but the sheep certainly thought it to be, or at least damning to whatever she was trying to hide from them, and Ignis was already on the questions. Stratos nodded, looking to the lion and saying, "yeah, we don't even really know who these two factions are or why they might be fighting, so anything you could tell us would be appreciated. And who knows, you could probably even get a reduced sentence for helping out an investigation." Stratos had absolutely no idea if that was how this worked, but it seemed to be something the lion was gunning for, so he figured he might as well try.

 

Stratos listened intently as the lion said his piece on the turf war. The unknown faction was definitely suspicious, more so than a regular gang would be. Stratos looked to the others, with an inquisitive expression on his face, wondering if this was more a heartless problem than an actual world one. However, when Lionheart had ended his testimony, Stratos said, "thanks for the advice. We'll speak to the uh, higher ups," Stratos had no idea who those were, "about lessening your sentence." Looking back to the others he said, "well, another target to interrogate?" Seeing if they were ready to go to their next lead.

 

Following behind Weaselton, Kel had gotten annoyed by the raspberry that was blown their way. Catching him would be a huge relief at this point. When they did catch up to him, he had been stopped by a polar bear in a suit. Certainly not something that Kel had expected to see at all that was for certain. Once more the names 'Nick and Judy' were thrown out, which prompted Kel to ask. "Um, mind telling us more about your 'daddy' or at the very least let us tag along to his office?" He had a vague idea on who the mob were, really he was just comparing them to some of the gangs he's heard about back home, but given their attire he wasn't sure how well this would go.

 

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Andrew turned when Aux said, that they could always hit him with a rock and drag him back. "We are not doing that. What happens when he gets angry with that and come back here or somewhere else then we wont be able to find him again?" They need him and forceing Simba to do something was a bad idea. Nala then said something about Simba becoming selfish. It seemed to him that Simba was just trying to find his place in the world. 'Well, again; there's the rock idea' Aux said. He sighed. Nala seemed to not understand that Hakuna Matata falls was his new home. He had to protect here as much as Priderock. He turned to Hikaru at this point. "So how do you think we should go about helping Simba make the right choice?" He would have asked Aislinn what her thoughts were but so far every time he talked to her she ignored him.

Soon they ended up near the open plains, where a baboon was leading Simba to a small lake, telling him to look into it. Well what next he wondered. At this point he would not be surprised if at some point they had had to dance. That was when Hikaru asked, 'Who's that? He another friend of Simba?' He did not think so. Simba went chasing the cloud but as it disappeared he sat there staring. "I think we should..." before he could finish what he was saying Aislinn said, 'I am going to try and talk to him, maybe it is best we don't crowd him though.' "Wait, what?" But it was to late to stop her. It might have been helpful to go in with a plan. So much for being partners. He was beginning to wonder what the point of partners were. He thought it was to talk to each other and form some sort of plan and ask questions of and to each other. To get opinions of each other. But so far Aislinn had not asked him a single thing and every time he asked her something she blew it off.

He turned to Hikaru. "Don't you think that we should have given Simba some time?" Simba seemed to sad and lost. He thought that Simba having some time to process what just happened might have been helpful. But it looked like that was not going to happen, because it seemed like Aislinn just rushed in there. "So what is the plan?" He asked Hikaru. It was his idea to talk to Simba but Aislinn went in there. He thought it might be better to have a lion to lion conversation but hay what did he know?

OOC: Hikaru went up one friendship level

 

Steel was not as optimistic about Weaselton's odds of talking as Kel and Luna seemed to be. He supposed that was fine. He would just be the one to keep his guard up. It shouldn't be too hard to catch him if he made a break for it; Steel hadn't been honing his speed for nothing. However, as the other two spoke with the suspect, he faded back into reminiscence...

Spoiler: Conqueror's Respite 3/?

"In this timeline, I was born into the Garden of Rivers as a normal citizen." Leonidas made something of a face. "Well, a relatively normal citizen... As per usual, I was born with Artisian powers, and it was not long after my birth that my sister entity, Alice, manifested within my mind. We quickly learned of this new iteration; of it's government and history. It is... quite different from the world we knew, even as it looks almost exactly the same."

"How so?" The question came unbidden from Steel's mouth before he could notice, but he didn't really have any reason to regret asking such. He was curious.

"Well... the city behind you is known as 'Fort Cleanth' for one thing: St. Carnelian is still alive, and he lives in the city." That was certainly a difference Steel had to admit. It meant that the timeline for the garden was likely shifted around in several possible ways. "The country is also ruled by a monarchy: the 'Light' family, and the only trace I can find of our battle against the sorrows is a legend about a conflict known as the 'War of the Absolved.' The legend also involves the nobles; something about a crystal that went missing not too long ago. A few years into our childhood actually."

...Sorrows?... Did he mean the Disturbed? Had Steel been so out of it that he had even given them some false name? Or was it that Leo's memory had equally been corrupted by this... phenomenon? Well, either way things were clearly far more different than he had realized. The legends were definitely of some interest, but he would hold his questions for now. The Leo image still clearly had much more to tell, and it would be best if he let it say its piece before he quizzed it too much.

"As we grew up and learned the ways of this place, our own memories of our friends and a unique variation of the garden caused us to grow... lonely."

Steel was quickly shaken from his thoughts as the others took off after Weaselton. He ran after them, all the while scolding himself for letting his thoughts distract him. Thankfully, timely intervention from a citizen that Luna had taken the time to assist had prevented the suspect from escaping without giving the group information. They weren't really police, so he lost no pride over this. In any event, it seemed they were now to meet with a local mob boss who might just help them find the missing officers... if he didn't see them as a threat to his own operations and decide to have them killed.

Ah. The duties of a wielder.