DESTINY TRIO ✬

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w1 monday

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[where the fuck is their girl!!! so like. kairi disappeared into the abyss after kissing both of them (which, hm, sora has thoughts on but that's not important) because at some point he's meeting up with riku again. where are they? i don't know, zia, you tell us.]

Did you find her?

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[they are aimlessly bumbling around at the damn truck stop because kairi left with their braincell

He really runs up and slams on brakes so hard Komory rams into the back of his head. He's out of breath!]

No. I checked the arcade, too. I couldn't hear anyone on the walkie-talkie by you.

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[ wow yeah using a walkie talkie would be smart wouldn't it

no, instead the boys might hear a distant but very familiar "sora! riku!" and there's kairi over in the distance of the truck stop waving at them with one arm. she's... wearing a deerstalker hat. that's about all they can tell from here, though. ]

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Yeah, which...wasn't there someone else? [no matter! he does hear that voice though and he turns to look in that direction.]

There! Kairi! [he nudges riku just a little, scooping down to pick up meow wow because it's faster to move while he's carrying the bulbous puppycat instead of letting him wobble his way after them. AWAY WE GO also what the fuck happened to her cute hat NO.]

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[oh my typo. it’s fine.]

Yennefer.

[DON’T JUST FORGET… wait.] Hold on—Yenn… [OH THEIR GIRL IS BACK??

He turns around to duck under poor Komory and haul ass after Sora. So rude to the bat who he does not grab. It’s fine. Komory struggle flaps along.]

Kairi! Where were you?!

w1, weds after... bodies...

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[TEAM MEET UP!!! It's happening at the kobini. Unfortunately......it's a disaster. That's okay!

Because Riku is picking things up and trying to put them back into some semblance of order. Well, he can't really do much about the shredded clothing... but he... can at least hang them again? Very tiredly. He's so very tired.

Wait until he has to deal with the window.

He does stop to greet the other two:] Hey.

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[many...bodies...later...

sora will enter the kobini and just kind of frown at the mess before he watches riku go and nods in greeting. kairi may or may not be behind him? regardless, he will make sure she's inside, too, before replying.]

Hey. Is this really gonna help? [sometimes you are just a little dead inside and it's only wednesday.]

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[ she is following behind sora, and she watches riku for a bit ]

Well... it can't hurt, can it? [ considering how many people are just! dead! she walks over and starts picking up scraps as well ]

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It's giving me something to do.

[He's expending pent-up energy. It's either this or go punch one of the trucks a lot, and after everything that's went on he'll settle with picking up the store.] Thanks. [He puts another piece of clothing on the rack.]

Two more. [LOOK! He.....is trying his best.] How are you two holding up?

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[well. it can't hurt, that's true. they could all use something to do right now, so when kairi's picking up scraps and riku's working on putting stuff upright, sora will start walking to clean up a little even if his eyes seem to be lingering behind the counter and the wall there.]

We still don't really know how this is happening. [but he frowns a little.] Hyunjae and I were sharing a truck, but we didn't talk much after we got here. And I never met the other guy.

[so. not great, but not as terrible as it could be. granted he's still not thrilled about iris but he won't say so because that was yesterday and today is a new day!

meow wow is bumbling around, pushing items toward both riku and kairi with his widdle nose to help with the cleaning.]

w1 monday again and backdated bc OUR RIKU!!!

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[anyway, after their pow wow about kairi's adventures...sora is going to barge into one of the trucks with a blanket and an armful of snacks. and also a milkshake? kairi is probably right behind him. they're hunting down a riku, wherever he is.]

Do you remember when we were kids and we used to have those sleepovers with blanket forts and everything? [he does not explain, but he does hold up the blanket!]

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[ kairi also has snacks and some pillows. what they are doing is very subtle. she will still explain: ]

Let's have another one here! Just like back then, except bigger.

[ because riku is too tall ]

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[I????

THEY REALLY BOTH JUST BUST IN ON HIM, AND HE freezes in place because he doesn't know what the hell is going on for half a second. I don't know what he's doing, but it's probably something stupid.

Komory is at least happy to see them.]

Where did this even come from? I guess you two are going to make me build the fort myself, huh?

[Like the raft.]

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[this is what riku gets for being the oldest and this is what you get for agreeing to be castmates with us. regardless, meow wow bumbles along, bouncing at sora's heels happily and sora grins at komory before he turns it on riku instead.]

Wiffle house and the convenience store, where else? And we would help you make the fort, but you always build the best ones.

[lazy. but he still has a milkshake so it's fine.]

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[ kairi walks a bit closer, moving her items to one hand before she goes on her tippy toes to exemplify the height difference as she barely clears reaching above his head while doing that ]

Find me a stool and I might be able to help.

[ YOU ARE TOO TALL YOUNG MAN ]

w2 tuesday

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[ well.

anyway so that was a mess and they are all going to go to a truck for some privacy so kairi can just, like, drag both of them into a hug, squeezing as tightly as she can. she's not saying anything let her have this for two minutes you absolute assholes she's been on an emotional rollercoaster in the past like FIVE DAYS ]

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[i cannot believe we actually broke our girl. anyway, they get back to a truck and they're finally alone which means that he's letting her hug the both of them and arranging his arms to do the same.

it's been a long couple of days even if he doesn't remember the last few of them, so yeah! silent hugging is totally fine...except eventually he does break it while clinging to both of them.]

I'm glad...you're both still here.

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[Group hug again at the truck stop. He has to begrudgingly be a part of this (no). Both of his arms encircle the two of them because throuple.]

I’m glad you’re back… even if I’m still wondering how.

[WHY DO I NOT HAVE A GOOD HUG ICON HELP.]

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I don't understand how either of you came back. Not that I'm complaining...

[ this hug will last until bad feelings are over. which is never ]

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[a throuple...that may never kiss...

in all seriousness, yeah, this hug is going to last for as long as possible and he's maybe wedged his way into the center because we've established he's president of the baby club.]

It's weird. I only remember crashing but nothing else makes sense. If it's really been two days...where did that time go?

w2 thursday

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[anyway so people are dead. people are dead, sora fell from the sky, and he's still holding the hands of his best friends as they wander back to truck five. it's not really a surprise when it locks behind them, but he's shuffling forward to head for the mattress and try not to lay facedown.

the lil nutkin crawls out of his hood and settles on the bed, chittering at both of them.]

...do you guys think we're leaving soon? [just. curious.]

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[ kairi's grimacing a little at sora being exhausted because TRAUMA, but she doesn't say anything about it and just sits gently at the edge of the bed ]

... I don't know. Everyone keeps dying and coming back, and nothing that different has happened this week from the last, has it? [ she looks down at her lap ] I'd like it if we could, though.

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[Hm. Concerning. Why is their bubbly boy getting more trauma.]

I hope so.

[Which is about all he can muster right now. He’s a little more frustrated and angry than he is depressed, but isn’t anger just his method of depression. Yeah.]

We’ll get there. We just… have to… put the pieces together. [He sits with the two of them on the bed.] Are you sure you’re okay, Sora?

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Nothing's changing, but we keep trying. [this seems to be said more like a fact than anything else, but there's a nod. they can hang out on the bed and the nutkin will wander to both of them curiously while sora seems to be staring into space.

things worked out, he thinks. they managed to help their squirrel friend, and they managed to come with him and naib, so...it's fine. isn't it? he's still trying to figure out the point of this place though.]

I'm not the one who got hit. [naib's side gave him a concern. give him a second to pet the squirrel on the head.] ...we woke up somewhere totally different, and the squirrel was waiting for us. It said it had a journey to make, and wanted to share its thoughts and feelings with us. They had never experienced life outside of where they came from, so they asked for our help to learn more about the worlds out there and the people in them. Their siblings hadn't found anyone at all, but they wanted to try.

[so. he's just frowning in thought and decides he is going to bypass the specific details right at that moment. and also so i don't write a giant tag of lore dump.]

We checked a few places, but...Mercenary said we probably helped. It's hard to say. I thought maybe helping them would help things here, too, but I'm not sure I understand anything anymore.

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[ there are so many animals in this truck. they have like five pets now? kairi hesitates, reaching for the squirrel to pet him too as her own naps in her pocket. she's not sure what to say for a moment, but she thinks riku had the right idea. ]

You don't have to be hurt to not be okay, you know. [ it's not chiding, too hesitant for that, but she doesn't want to force sora to talk about it either. so she keeps going; ] I don't know if there's anything for us to understand about this place. Maybe... we just need to find the way out and stop trying to make sense of it all.