A forgotten promise remembered

[heartswillbeone]

Who: Ven and Xion for now, but more can appear
What: The sixth memory to appear at the end of Sora’s chain...where does it lead?
Where: Memory chains
Warnings: None so far


There are seven sparks of light remaining in the darkness at the end of Sora’s last available memory. When touched, the light of this memory opens up onto a scene that may only feel vaguely familiar. It’s the interior of Castle Oblivion, in this case, a largely empty area with only one door in and out. In the center is what appears to be a giant glass pod, but even that feels too small for the size of this room. A young blonde girl who looks eerily similar to both Kairi and Xion stands close by it.

She could be approached, but it looks like she is already expecting someone who’s just a little ways behind...

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[salvagedlight]

[As the memory resolves around him, Ven opens his eyes to see acres of white and winces. It's honestly kind of blinding, and a little hard to see what's going on everywhere since ...well, everything's white. There seems to be very few corners and edges because of that, most things only vaguely defined by shadow. He's a little hesitant to try and move around in case he trips on something.]

[But even then... He can't explain it, but there's something familiar about this place. Something kind of pulls to him, almost... welcoming? Smothering? Some combination of the two. He has a feeling that if he isn't careful, he might not leave this place, whatever it is. As if the place itself wants to keep him.]

[The pod and the girl are the only things in the room, but Ven doesn't immediately step up to try and talk to her. This is a memory, isn't it? You can't affect a memory, after all...]

[seasaltblues]

[ Her first step falls on white noise.

It's this familiar yet unfamiliar push and pull. She's whole with her own heart, yet something in her still overwhelms her at first at the sight of memory invoking yet alien white walls, especially with that pod in place. She takes a sharp breath as she anchors herself with a hand clutching her head, eyes wrestling to focus past the momentary imagery flashing through her mind and onto the present environment.

It's the girl standing next to the pod that really hits her. And suddenly, like that, the ghost of the motions are gone and her head is clearing up. She knows that girl. After all, she's the one she met by the end of things. The one who Riku sent her to see... And now she's suddenly there in front of her (and ...Ven, she idly notes) and Xion almost feels like stepping forward and saying something immediate- ] Naminé? [ ...-ly, yeah. She's been told it's a memory, but... ]

[heartswillbeone]

Perhaps there's more that they can affect than they realize. Namine looks up when he name is called, although since she doesn't turn to face them, it's unclear whether she knows they're there...or is simply choosing not to acknowledge them.

Before she can give any real reaction, though, she's interrupted by those right behind her. A large door towards the front of the door creaks, and in walks Sora, with Donald and Goofy close behind. Feelings of wonder, a little apprehension, but mostly anticipation soon follow...it's clear to both that this is Sora's memory.

Donald is the first to speak up. We have to sleep in these to get our memories back?

You'll be fine. It might take a little time, but I'll take care of you.

[salvagedlight]

"Sleep..." Ven says very quietly, almost inaudibly. He'd gone to sleep himself for years, waiting for his heart to be fixed, but this sounded different. It was to fix their memories? When had their- oh. He'd heard about this, if vaguely. Part of the story of how the Organization fell. But he didn't have specifics, how they'd arrived at this point, where this point was other than some place known as Castle Oblivion. So why did it feel familiar to him?

He isn't sure whether Naminé's aware of them or not, or if she was just reacting to something that prompted her that the trio would show soon. Deciding that it's probably a better idea to just wait and see what happens, he takes a step back, glancing at each of the faces before him. This is here for a reason, so there has to be a clue here somewhere...