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heartswillbeone ([personal profile] heartswillbeone) wrote in [community profile] allsoend2013-12-15 06:18 pm
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A day with family remembered

Who: Kairi and Ven, but more can appear
What: The first memory in the next chain...where does it lead?
Where: Memory chains
Warnings: Nothing thusfar


There are seven new sparks of light remaining in the darkness along with the others at the end of Sora’s last available memory. When touched, the light of this memory opens up onto a bright, warm place that no one present would recognize. It doesn’t appear to look like any world anyone would have visited before, while at the same time feeling strangely familiar.

The scene actually starts from a bird’s eye view before those visiting find themselves suddenly swept to the ground. From above can be seen a wide lake fed by two waterfalls, with a vast forest hugging sloping mountains on one side, and a large town spreading out on the other. Up the hill from the town is a castle, although it’s not recognizable.

When brought down to the ground, those visiting will find themselves in an open-air plaza, situated right next to a garden overflowing with gorgeous flowers. A couple small clusters of people are talking or enjoying lunch in the plaza; there looks to be a bakery nearby. The two will find themselves closest to a father and son sitting at a table right next to the garden’s entrance. The father, looking to be in his late thirties, sports dark skin, black hair and blue eyes, while his son is a squirrely six-year-old with brown eyes. The boy apparently has a beloved pet with him: a blue beta fish with yellow-edged fins swimming around in a small fish bowl. The father is attempting to get the boy to sit down and eat the sandwiches just purchased, but the boy is too busy fussing over the fish or getting up to look at the gardens closer.

There is one thing distinct about this place: it seems to be overflowing with light. Everything here feels happy and at peace.
halfdarkened: (Pondering)

[personal profile] halfdarkened 2014-03-09 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
With so many different lives lived by each heart, they all were equal. A king and a peasant could switch lives the next time around. While fair, it was unsettling. A strong thought echoed loudly in his mind. Who am I? Who was I? Experiences shaped the heart. It left indelible marks. Did his past lives make him who he was? Then who was he?

"I should have," he replied a little less than half-joking. "It at least feels familiar."

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[personal profile] gimmiemyflower 2014-03-11 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Kairi heard that thought from Riku, that wondering about who they truly were, if this was just the newest version of a life lived over and over. She wasn't sure how to answer at first, but she wanted to be encouraging, somehow. We know who you are now, Riku. I know. As to who we were...maybe it's better that we never really know for sure. She wondered if Kingdom Hearts even knew that. Could it look at a heart and see back through the lives it had experienced? Or were all previous memories and lives just a jumble of experiences to it?

"If that was him," (and most of her was still hoping it wasn't), "then look at it this way: you've given him some serious payback now."
halfdarkened: (Silence)

[personal profile] halfdarkened 2014-03-12 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Riku narrowed his eyes in thought. "...Why is it better that we don't know? You saw how fast I acted. Not a thought. Those past lives must've had some affect on me. Toshi was talking about how he and Finny would be friends in another life. Well? Guess what? That's a huge coincidence." Ordered or jumbled, by now to Kingdom Hearts every heart and memory was just another flavor of vanilla. Plain and unamazing.

He smirked in jest, cracking his knuckles. "And Xigbar always seemed to wonder why we glared at them."
gimmiemyflower: (About time you guys)

[personal profile] gimmiemyflower 2014-03-12 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I saw," she replied, still thinking. "But if that was you...do you feel better knowing it? It would explain those actions, so I guess it does leave an imprint on the heart. But it's not just what happened many years or eons ago that shapes who we are."

"I don't think we'd need past lives as an excuse to glare at his lot!" She joked. Although that could certainly add to the list of offenses.
halfdarkened: (introspective)

[personal profile] halfdarkened 2014-03-13 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
"...Not just. Most of my actions are from and for this lifetime. But those previous lives are still a part of my heart." Riku's hand went over his chest, despite being a heart entirely. "I've got no clues how being a fish affected how I am now. Maybe that I won't go down without a fight. But... I think it's something I should know if I can find out." Over the years, Riku thought he was many things, and many of those things were proven wrong. "I'll look. But... Maybe not to hard." There were other things they couldn't risk losing sight of.

"Fair enough. They cause enough trouble in just one life."
gimmiemyflower: (What'd you say about my friends?)

[personal profile] gimmiemyflower 2014-03-13 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
"I guess the hard part would be finding that out. This doesn't seem to be a memory that belongs to any particular person." And thusfar, it didn't seem they had much control over the memories they'd been able to go through. It was as if everything was all jumbled together. If her suspicions were right, they could spend eons searching through thousands of memories all chained in here and still never find another one of a life they'd lived before. "If you do find something out...please tell me! Although, just be real careful if you do try..." She couldn't imagine revisiting a memory that ended in a cat's stomach would be a pleasant experience, even with all of the unpleasant experiences they'd already had.

"They cause enough trouble in one life to make up for tons of others!" After all, it was because of them that they were all here now.
halfdarkened: (Waiting)

[personal profile] halfdarkened 2014-03-14 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Nah. These memories aren't connected to my heart anymore. 'Riku' never did these things." Riku didn't expect to open up some card catalogue, index or browser and just find a memory. If he encountered memories of a past life, it'd be by accident. Now, however, he had something to keep an eye out for while trying to figure out how to wake Sora and get out of his heart. "Don't worry, I'll tell you. I'll probably be trying to make sense of it anyway. I'd appreciate the help." He'd survived being in the belly of a whale. Surviving a mere memory of being in the stomach of a cat would be a walk in the park. "You know, a long time ago Maleficent told me that inside Kingdom Hearts was untold wisdom. ...Now I know why."

"Hm, no kidding," he replied amusedly.
gimmiemyflower: (There's still hope)

[personal profile] gimmiemyflower 2014-03-14 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Thanks. And if I find anything in one of these other memories, I'll let you know, too." That could keep them both busy on the side.

"Who would've thought that she'd be right about that..." She wondered if even Maleficent understood the full extent of what 'untold wisdom' really entailed. It seemed beyond the capacity for any one person to truly grasp, which is why it found its home in the sum of all hearts.

"I guess we better start looking for others, then!" she said. They'd found the star-object in this memory, and learned a whole lot...much more than she'd been expecting. This definitely had to be shared with the others.
halfdarkened: (O rly)

Done?

[personal profile] halfdarkened 2014-03-16 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Thanks. Let me know if you find any of your past lives either."

"I did." Riku never had a doubt that the evil fairy was right about it. Maleficent was nobody's fool, though she'd been tricked just like himself. Neither had understood the extent to which that was true, however.

"Sounds like a good idea. The more we got the better, I bet."