[ 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 ]
I meant where'd you get the idea, not the stuff, smart guy.
[But he does take two seconds to think about the fact Sora and Kairi ransacked the Wiffle House and the kobini for this stuff. He can't even be mad even if he pretends he is because same.]
Sora might trip over the stool in here. I'll just hold you up if I have to.
Hey! [indignant! but he is handing over the blankies in his hands since riku's asking.]
I dunno. We were talking about stuff earlier and we just wanted to do something for just the three of us. Buuut since we're at a truck stop, we don't have a ton of options.
[he laughs instead of apologizing for being lazy.]
You let us get away with it. [he will just tease right back, but that's a great question.] I know we don't have a ton of space in here, but it might not be so bad. I don't think we have enough places to hang the blankets outside or anything anyway.
[plus, as of tomorrow, people start dying out there.]
[VERY QUICKLY:] No thanks. [Not that these two embarrass him, but he's had enough of the convenience store. Idr when it happened but he pre-emptively has had enough if it hasn't.]
Here it is then.
[He's the mule and the builder apparently, so just gonna, like, turn around and start putting up their pillow fort.]
[he's valid. riku is the mule and sora's going to let him start building while he looks at the snacks in his hands.]
We brought you something, too. [he holds up the milkshake he's been carrying. is for him! it's not even melted, wow.] Kairi and I brought enough stuff so we won't have to leave again for a while. Right?
You have Kairi to thank that the whole thing's not totally melted. [there was a time he was debating feeding riku milkshake soup, but not really. but since he's hard at work sora will just hold the cup out to him with the straw facing him? drink yo drink.]
But she's right. About having the whole night to ourselves.
[ she says it very solemnly, like she saved riku from a fate worse than death. you're welcome. once the snacks are all settled appropriately she sits down to watch them be idiots ]
It'll be fun. It's been so long since we got to do something, just the three of us.
[Stupid that he scolds Sora about it, but then just pauses to lean down and take a sip of the milkshake--after giving it a kind of playfully wary glance. THANKFULLY, KAIRI IS HERE TO TATTLE ON SORA.
He glances between the two of them as he swallows, but especially exchanges a more somber look with Kairi. Hm.]
It's nice to do something together for a change. Besides build a raft on an island before we blow away.
You weren't supposed to tell him! [ this is a conspiratorial whisper, but he's still grinning and also pretending he doesn't see that look they're sharing. everything is totally fine.]
It was gonna be good soup, don't worry. [helpful.] I'm just glad we're out of the trucks and can move around again. It's been a while.
[since they're done anything besides fight a war together.]
It was not gonna be good soup. [ immediately tattling once again, kicking her legs gently ] ... You two have been on the go pretty much nonstop since back then, huh?
[ except for like, the two weeks between kh2 and 3d ig ]
[He already knows it wouldn't be good soup at all. He gives Sora a LOOK when Sora isn't looking at him, but purposefully so Kairi can see him making it.
And then he dumps a blanket over Sora's head when Sora still isn't looking.]
Don't spill my milkshake. [He did this on purpose.] There's always something. You should tell Sora what you've been up to.
[While he finishes making this pillow fort for them.]
[he's about to protest his soup, but wah! the darkness! his arms flail a little and he's trying to get the blanket off of him before he looks at both of them with a pout.]
That was unfair. [first of all. but oh? riku says to wait, but sora immediately looks at kairi.]
Training, right? [is there more? tell him about stuff!]
[ giggling at sora being bullied, like the good friend she is. but she just looks surprised when riku says that, looking between both of them before she leans back to look at the very interesting (no) truck ceiling, still kicking her legs ]
There's not much to tell. You both already know I was planning to train under Master Aqua. That's it.
[ she hasn't even started, so she doesn't know why riku's telling her to share all of a sudden ]
Oh. [like oh yeah, right, that was happening. riku's doing all of the hard work and sora's aware neither of them are looking at him even if he refuses to stop looking at both of them.]
Yeah, you didn't mention much about that. What happened?
[ hrmm. she's looking at riku now with a bit of a frown ]
We figured out where you might be based on something Xehanort told me. [ she's sure she said as much, but sure fine; ] I saw him in my heart and remembered something he said from back when I was really little, before I ended up on the Islands. About a world that's neither light or darkness, but on the other side.
[Stop, it is Kairi's turn for the spotlight. Let her shine.]
My dream wouldn't have made much sense without Kairi's help. The one about the city with tall buildings. We figured that was the world on the other side. Maybe.
[The curtain is hung in the truck with care... He's hidden behind it, but shuffling around like he's fixing things. He parts one side of it to peer out at Sora and Kairi.]
[it doesn't escape him that kairi's being vague on details, but it's okay. she says what's important, and for a moment he's blinking in confusion.]
The other side...? [and then riku mentions the city, and he remembers some other things that have been said. he should probably tell both of them, but for a moment he simply grins and gets up to lead kairi into the fort so they can join him.]
See? You build the best ones. [he says, like they would have really messed anything up. into the fort!! he'll settle on a pillow and lean against the wall of the truck, careful not to disassemble the whole thing on accident before looking at both of them again. it's only when they're both settled and they're all hidden from the outside world that he speaks again.]
...I think I was there. That city. With all of the bright lights and stuff. [a pause.] Yozora said it wasn't the real world.
[ kairi? vaguing details about things that happened to her? never. but she looks around the newly built fort before she claps once and settles next to sora, gesturing for riku to join them. they have the entire truck fort and they still choose to pile up, it's fine.
on the one hand, it's reassuring that sora actually was there in the city. on the other. hm. ]
Yozora...? The video game character? [ well. it makes sense with what they know, but. holy shit it makes sense with what they know?? ] Ansem the Wise said ... if our realm consists of all of it-- the realms of light, darkness, sleep and data-- then the other side might be fictional worlds. Unreality. I guess he was right.
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Find me a stool and I might be able to help.
[ YOU ARE TOO TALL YOUNG MAN ]
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[But he does take two seconds to think about the fact Sora and Kairi ransacked the Wiffle House and the kobini for this stuff. He can't even be mad even if he pretends he is because same.]
Sora might trip over the stool in here. I'll just hold you up if I have to.
[SIGH.......
He holds out his hands for the things.]
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I dunno. We were talking about stuff earlier and we just wanted to do something for just the three of us. Buuut since we're at a truck stop, we don't have a ton of options.
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So we thought of a sleepover! Like when we were kids. Except this time we won't have a bedtime we're ignoring.
[ :D ]
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It's always being lazy with you two, huh? [He's teasing.] So, uh... where exactly are you planning to build this at? In here? Somewhere else?
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You let us get away with it. [he will just tease right back, but that's a great question.] I know we don't have a ton of space in here, but it might not be so bad. I don't think we have enough places to hang the blankets outside or anything anyway.
[plus, as of tomorrow, people start dying out there.]
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Everything else is a little too public, too. Unless you wanted us to make a blanket fort in the convenience store?
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Here it is then.
[He's the mule and the builder apparently, so just gonna, like, turn around and start putting up their pillow fort.]
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We brought you something, too. [he holds up the milkshake he's been carrying. is for him! it's not even melted, wow.] Kairi and I brought enough stuff so we won't have to leave again for a while. Right?
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Yep! We thought of everything so we can have tonight all to ourselves!
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[Can he not be a dickwad for two seconds?] Thanks. [There it is.
He manages to get one side of the little pillow fort curtain hung in front of the bed in the back.] Hey, let me have some. [His hands are busy.]
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But she's right. About having the whole night to ourselves.
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[ she says it very solemnly, like she saved riku from a fate worse than death. you're welcome. once the snacks are all settled appropriately she sits down to watch them be idiots ]
It'll be fun. It's been so long since we got to do something, just the three of us.
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[Stupid that he scolds Sora about it, but then just pauses to lean down and take a sip of the milkshake--after giving it a kind of playfully wary glance. THANKFULLY, KAIRI IS HERE TO TATTLE ON SORA.
He glances between the two of them as he swallows, but especially exchanges a more somber look with Kairi. Hm.]
It's nice to do something together for a change. Besides build a raft on an island before we blow away.
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It was gonna be good soup, don't worry. [helpful.] I'm just glad we're out of the trucks and can move around again. It's been a while.
[since they're done anything besides fight a war together.]
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[ except for like, the two weeks between kh2 and 3d ig ]
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And then he dumps a blanket over Sora's head when Sora still isn't looking.]
Don't spill my milkshake. [He did this on purpose.] There's always something. You should tell Sora what you've been up to.
[While he finishes making this pillow fort for them.]
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That was unfair. [first of all. but oh? riku says to wait, but sora immediately looks at kairi.]
Training, right? [is there more? tell him about stuff!]
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There's not much to tell. You both already know I was planning to train under Master Aqua. That's it.
[ she hasn't even started, so she doesn't know why riku's telling her to share all of a sudden ]
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[He's not looking at either of them! He's busy. The curtain and stuff. And things.]
Do you remember anything while you were asleep looking for clues about Sora?
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Yeah, you didn't mention much about that. What happened?
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We figured out where you might be based on something Xehanort told me. [ she's sure she said as much, but sure fine; ] I saw him in my heart and remembered something he said from back when I was really little, before I ended up on the Islands. About a world that's neither light or darkness, but on the other side.
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My dream wouldn't have made much sense without Kairi's help. The one about the city with tall buildings. We figured that was the world on the other side. Maybe.
[The curtain is hung in the truck with care... He's hidden behind it, but shuffling around like he's fixing things. He parts one side of it to peer out at Sora and Kairi.]
It's finished.
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The other side...? [and then riku mentions the city, and he remembers some other things that have been said. he should probably tell both of them, but for a moment he simply grins and gets up to lead kairi into the fort so they can join him.]
See? You build the best ones. [he says, like they would have really messed anything up. into the fort!! he'll settle on a pillow and lean against the wall of the truck, careful not to disassemble the whole thing on accident before looking at both of them again. it's only when they're both settled and they're all hidden from the outside world that he speaks again.]
...I think I was there. That city. With all of the bright lights and stuff. [a pause.] Yozora said it wasn't the real world.
[so...progress, maybe.]
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on the one hand, it's reassuring that sora actually was there in the city. on the other. hm. ]
Yozora...? The video game character? [ well. it makes sense with what they know, but. holy shit it makes sense with what they know?? ] Ansem the Wise said ... if our realm consists of all of it-- the realms of light, darkness, sleep and data-- then the other side might be fictional worlds. Unreality. I guess he was right.
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