Yeah, I'll probably come back later too. [gun time though! it's a pretty easy walk, at least, but being unaware of a floating bubble doesn't help as he begins to head down the summit while looking at her.
it means he absolutely notices at the last minute and tries to overcorrect, most likely slipping on a loose pebble before popping the bubble and throwing them straight into a memory. unfortunately it's the whole thing, but also i think you said you're canon familiar so you get the gist of it.]
[ okay as you know this is absurd. mickey mouse is there. but clementine doesn't know a disney so that's. fine. it's fine. and clementine STILL really doesn't understand magic.
what's important is that it all looks like it was very distressing. the scenery is bleak, the moon is crazy, it starts raining comets? magic? something? his friend is fucking dead.
this is a lot.
and she genuinely does not know how to react so after this plays out she is just looking to sora to like. get a read on him... ]
[mickey mouse sure is there for some ungodly known reason. but it's also distressing, and given the fact that sora stopped walking and seems to be staring into a void he's just kind of. processing.]
...that was why I used the Power of Waking for the last and final time. I had to get her back after we stopped Xehanort.
[ okay, yeah. all of the weird stuff that she doesn't understand can wait if this is actually upsetting sora. which - shouldn't be surprising, given that she knows a little about this from when they talked about it before.
Yeah. We...[...hah.] The "how" is a really long story, but I brought her back. It's just...even when we were in the Final World together and we were preparing to go home and bring Chirithy with us...I'd already started to fade away.
I didn't know how to tell her. So I didn't. [which was probably a really terrible idea.] I...just wanted the last few hours to be spent making new memories with her and spending time together before we got back to the island. I guess I kind of waited until the very last minute.
[he hasn't actually taken the time to really think all of this over. it just happened and he doesn't regret it but haha. wow. that was actually maybe not the greatest thing he could have done to everyone, but there wasn't another option.]
She's okay though. She's with Riku and the others and...they'll take care of each other until I can figure out how to get back.
[ hmm, she really doesn't like that he didn't tell kairi. she's very used to being left behind, but at least people give her warning when they can. and it's the worst, when they can't. that's usually not by choice.
but it's not really the time to nitpick his decisions in situations she has so little grasp of.
just because she hates being left behind and figures his friends probably do, too. ]
You'll get back.
All these worlds with weird magic - what's the point of it, if you can't even save your friends and live?
[he absolutely fucked up there and did not tell her until they were alone and he was, like, fading away as they spoke. he does not tell her this because he's absolutely aware how bad that is.
given the look on his face though he at least acknowledges it was bad.]
...I guess there isn't one. But even if I can't return to her right now...[he shakes his head, faintly amused.] She hates waiting. She and Riku both are pretty impatient. I don't know how long it's really been, but if it's been long enough? They'll get sick of waiting and come find me instead.
[the "i hope" is in his tone right at the end, but he doesn't say so.]
[ this sucks? clementine hears so much from the people here about how her world is awful or how sad her life is. and it isn't as if that made her think other people's lives were easy or anything. even magical lives seem difficult, but...
well, she's just not used to anyone facing death like sora does. he's nice and he's cheerful. and it's a very helpless feeling to hear even him say something like that with such an obvious unsaid "i hope." ]
[there's a difference between having utmost faith in your friends, caring for them deeply and knowing they'd travel the worlds for you versus being probably dead and in a place that isn't accessible quite so easily.
but he knows himself. if he doesn't believe in them, and if he starts to think that it really is hopeless, it'll be over. it'll be a kind of sadness he won't really know how to shake off because it's harder to pick yourself back up when you're alone.
it's nothing he wants to linger on though. dead people problems are dead people problems, so even if the laugh is weak, it's there.]
Know so. That's what happened the last time Riku and I didn't come home for a year. She got tired of waiting and went looking for us, just like I went looking for Riku after he locked himself behind the Door of Darkness with the King.
[that's just how their friendship's been. finding each other and losing each other and finding each other again until everything is at peace.]
The three of us are still connected no matter how far apart we are. No matter how long it takes...it'll happen. [it's just a matter of hanging on that long.]
It sounds sad - having to chase each other down all the time.
[ sweet, in its own way. but sad. clementine remembers trying to find christa after getting separated and slowly, slowly, having to accept that she was dead. that she was probably dead before they even got that far from each other. ]
It feels sad sometimes, a little. I looked everywhere for both of them for a long time, but it just made being together even better. [if he were less of an optimistic person he might've assumed riku and kairi were both dead after they left the island, but he's also stupidly stubborn. it's fine. clem does not need to know he broke down crying after finding his friends because he was so happy.]
Either way? I'd do it all again if I had to. I won't let them get away from me ever again.
[ she really would not believe in half the optimism if his world operated like hers. but she knows it doesn't, so that's heartening... ]
Of course.
[ but despite knowing that it's different from what she knows and that there's all kinds of magic stuff - that kind of optimism also worries her. it's hopeful, but also heavy. she doesn't know how to handle it. ]
You must miss them a lot. Even before coming here.
[he doesn't know what she thinks about it, but she's not wrong. it's the kind of optimism that's a double-edged sword where you try to carry hope for everyone enough that you crack under the weight of the world.
but he still doesn't really care because the journey's not over.
she says the obvious though, and there's a minute twitch of his lips like he's not sure he wants to smile or cry. so instead he nods and continues to walk, unaware of the remnants of the bubble around them.]
Every day. All the time. The pictures have been nice, but...I dunno. It's not exactly the same.
[they've been nice, but it's also just a reminder of what he can't have yet and what he's working for.]
Well, yeah. Pictures - and even memories - can't compare to actually having someone by your side.
Look, I know we haven't done this since like - when we first got here? [ when there was pretty obviously an effect in place making everyone touchy-feely - so she knows it's a little weird from her now, but... she offers out her hand to hold?
she tends to reserve hugs for 'post danger' but. a handhold is a good middle ground, maybe. ]
Yeah. [again, she's not wrong. also he's not even sure where this is going at first when she's talking, but then he notices the hand. it's...odd, kind of, because clementine is very much herself, but there's only a brief moment of hesitation before he nods and takes her hand.]
...thanks. [there's a grin and the other hand comes up to rub the back of his head sheepishly.] Sorry. That wasn't really what I was expecting when that happened. [damn bubble.]
[ hm. she's usually not even that touch-averse. but this is embarrassing. she has regrets, but it's. fine. ]
Seems kind of par for the course with this place. Gathering nova and having our memories messed with - only makes sense that they'd start floating around.
[clem is trying and he just. kind of looks embarrassed.]
...I kinda have? [so there's that.] So it's a little different for me, I guess.
[on the bright side he doesn't seem as bothered because at least clementine knew about the biggest pieces.] But you're also pretty brave so I can't say I'm surprised either.
[ well. it's not as if she doesn't have things she wouldn't love to share or talk about. but big picture stuff about her world - there's no reason to try to hide it. actually, she doesn't think she could if she tried. the things that feel basic to her tend to startle other people. ]
... I guess it's just that - where I'm from... You have a lot of conversations like "What happened to your family, what happened to your friends?" And the answer is always "The same thing that happens to everyone."
You usually don't need to keep things a secret unless... You've been with the wrong people.
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clementine just shrugs ]
Mm. Even if you are, I don't think anyone could blame you. You're just working with what you've got.
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You'd be surprised how angry people get about certain stuff. But I don't think I'd blame anyone either. That's just how things are.
[a glance down to the ground.] What do you think? Wanna start hiking down and hit the gun range?
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Sure. I can come back up here any time. It's a nice view.
[ but she's happy to start heading downhill. gun time!! ]
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it means he absolutely notices at the last minute and tries to overcorrect, most likely slipping on a loose pebble before popping the bubble and throwing them straight into a memory. unfortunately it's the whole thing, but also i think you said you're canon familiar so you get the gist of it.]
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what's important is that it all looks like it was very distressing. the scenery is bleak, the moon is crazy, it starts raining comets? magic? something? his friend is fucking dead.
this is a lot.
and she genuinely does not know how to react so after this plays out she is just looking to sora to like. get a read on him... ]
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...that was why I used the Power of Waking for the last and final time. I had to get her back after we stopped Xehanort.
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she stops too. ]
... And it worked, right? She's alright?
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I didn't know how to tell her. So I didn't. [which was probably a really terrible idea.] I...just wanted the last few hours to be spent making new memories with her and spending time together before we got back to the island. I guess I kind of waited until the very last minute.
[he hasn't actually taken the time to really think all of this over. it just happened and he doesn't regret it but haha. wow. that was actually maybe not the greatest thing he could have done to everyone, but there wasn't another option.]
She's okay though. She's with Riku and the others and...they'll take care of each other until I can figure out how to get back.
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but it's not really the time to nitpick his decisions in situations she has so little grasp of.
just because she hates being left behind and figures his friends probably do, too. ]
You'll get back.
All these worlds with weird magic - what's the point of it, if you can't even save your friends and live?
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given the look on his face though he at least acknowledges it was bad.]
...I guess there isn't one. But even if I can't return to her right now...[he shakes his head, faintly amused.] She hates waiting. She and Riku both are pretty impatient. I don't know how long it's really been, but if it's been long enough? They'll get sick of waiting and come find me instead.
[the "i hope" is in his tone right at the end, but he doesn't say so.]
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well, she's just not used to anyone facing death like sora does. he's nice and he's cheerful. and it's a very helpless feeling to hear even him say something like that with such an obvious unsaid "i hope." ]
You think so?
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but he knows himself. if he doesn't believe in them, and if he starts to think that it really is hopeless, it'll be over. it'll be a kind of sadness he won't really know how to shake off because it's harder to pick yourself back up when you're alone.
it's nothing he wants to linger on though. dead people problems are dead people problems, so even if the laugh is weak, it's there.]
Know so. That's what happened the last time Riku and I didn't come home for a year. She got tired of waiting and went looking for us, just like I went looking for Riku after he locked himself behind the Door of Darkness with the King.
[that's just how their friendship's been. finding each other and losing each other and finding each other again until everything is at peace.]
The three of us are still connected no matter how far apart we are. No matter how long it takes...it'll happen. [it's just a matter of hanging on that long.]
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It sounds sad - having to chase each other down all the time.
[ sweet, in its own way. but sad. clementine remembers trying to find christa after getting separated and slowly, slowly, having to accept that she was dead. that she was probably dead before they even got that far from each other. ]
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Either way? I'd do it all again if I had to. I won't let them get away from me ever again.
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Of course.
[ but despite knowing that it's different from what she knows and that there's all kinds of magic stuff - that kind of optimism also worries her. it's hopeful, but also heavy. she doesn't know how to handle it. ]
You must miss them a lot. Even before coming here.
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but he still doesn't really care because the journey's not over.
she says the obvious though, and there's a minute twitch of his lips like he's not sure he wants to smile or cry. so instead he nods and continues to walk, unaware of the remnants of the bubble around them.]
Every day. All the time. The pictures have been nice, but...I dunno. It's not exactly the same.
[they've been nice, but it's also just a reminder of what he can't have yet and what he's working for.]
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Look, I know we haven't done this since like - when we first got here? [ when there was pretty obviously an effect in place making everyone touchy-feely - so she knows it's a little weird from her now, but... she offers out her hand to hold?
she tends to reserve hugs for 'post danger' but. a handhold is a good middle ground, maybe. ]
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...thanks. [there's a grin and the other hand comes up to rub the back of his head sheepishly.] Sorry. That wasn't really what I was expecting when that happened. [damn bubble.]
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Seems kind of par for the course with this place. Gathering nova and having our memories messed with - only makes sense that they'd start floating around.
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Yeah I guess, but I'm pretty sure I'd be happier losing my sense of smell again than avoiding bubbles for the rest of the week.
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Well I would rather taste food. I don't care if people see my memories.
[ after all, she's kind of used to everyone in her world having a similar enough story that it doesn't matter. ]
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[where is this going.]
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she shrugs!]
People can know whatever they want about my world, I don't care. I haven't been keeping it a secret or anything.
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...I kinda have? [so there's that.] So it's a little different for me, I guess.
[on the bright side he doesn't seem as bothered because at least clementine knew about the biggest pieces.] But you're also pretty brave so I can't say I'm surprised either.
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... I guess it's just that - where I'm from... You have a lot of conversations like "What happened to your family, what happened to your friends?" And the answer is always "The same thing that happens to everyone."
You usually don't need to keep things a secret unless... You've been with the wrong people.
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