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A great battle remembered

Who: Xehanort and Disney Town, but more can appear
What: The second memory in the next chain...where does it lead?
Where: Memory chains
Warnings: Likely lots of violence against Heartless

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 place that may or may not be recognizable: the Great Maw near the old castle of Hollow Bastion. The two will instantly find themselves in a bad situation...there are Heartless on all sides, hundreds upon hundreds of them, and all ready to charge in to fight.

And standing against these hundreds are just three others: Sora, Donald and Goofy. The three look at each other, and nod in understanding. With that, they all split up, each attempting to take down a section of the army themselves.

The feelings associated with this include determination, and a surprising amount of optimism. Perhaps they belong to the knight, who is seen clearest charging into the fray with his shield at the ready.

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This is familiar in a few ways. Memories of his days as an apprentice, before it was torn asunder into the world it had become. Memories that were vague, as though about to float away into nothing - the whispy recollections of life as a Nobody. Memories that were primal and dark and twisted, utterly inhuman in their shaping and recall, what passed for memories of Heartless. This place was where that plan had come to fruition, where he had sundered himself in twain, where the Organization had sprung into being.

And of course, those three... charging off to do battle. Though history has already shown how that turns out. Time is absolute and will not be changed... so here he is, to observe it seems. Sora is here, and active and well... though it is a recollection of Sora. What would come of interacting with him? It's a curious thought that bears investigating. However, he's farther away... before them is the section that Goofy is dealing with. Perhaps some assistance might grease the wheels of things...

His blade came to his call and he prepares to launch himself foward into the fray.

Disney stares in awe for a moment. This is his first time visiting another world...even if it is in memory. He recognizes some faces right away though, despite being on a different world. "There's Goofy! And Donald's here too! Hey guys!"

Now is not the time for pleasantries, Town. Can you not see that we are under attack

The voice of the Castle was right. Around them Heartless were swarming and he recognized those right away as well. They had been under siege from such foes before. "You're right, sorry," Town replies and then notices someone else on the battle field. "Maybe we should help," he says, before rushing forward, not even waiting for a response.

Goofy is handling the Heartless army with all the ability and training he's gotten...bashing Heartless with his shield head-on, sending it swinging into the crowd, and even spinning himself around like a tornado. His moves take out many Heartless, but also leaves him a bit dizzy.

Huh? Goofy hears the Town's cry, but doesn't notice them at first, instead looking back to check on Donald and Sora. So far, they seem to be holding their own.

Meanwhile, the Heartless continue to charge, this time taking notice of the two visitors. They rush forward to try and take them down, too. None of them are strong Heartless -easily-defeated ground soldiers, mostly- but there are still seemingly countless numbers of them, and all clambering towards them.

He has little fear of the Heartless, regardless of how many there are. Blade skills come easily to him, and he slices through them just as they rush in to fill the cleared ranks. How many lay in wait... how many had they truly made? How many were continually made, brought into being by a weak heart's collapse when confronted with darkness? How many of these were those citizens of old, the ones tricked and trapped and thrust into such things?

Memories of beings already put to rest by the ready blade of their slumbering host. It didn't really matter in the end.

There was someone else there, someone whom he hadn't met before... well, here was just as well to meet someone new as anywhere else. Two minds were more apt to unravel whatever puzzles would be presented, after all. He raised a hand in silent greeting as he continued on, attempting to make progress through the unrelenting foes.

Town pulled the chain from his belt with the various ice creams on it. Anyone who had visited Disney Town before would recognize the ice cream shapes from various flavors offered there. "Freeze!" Town shouted, sweeping the chain forward like a whip and cutting down the heartless with the blade AND with the ice magic he had set forth. He bounced up, using one of the Heartless as a spring board and spun in the air before whipping the chain at more of them. "Ha!"

You can stop showing off. The others are more focused on the fight. Just take them out. Castle's voice advised.

The Heartless weren't deterred by Xehanort or Disney Town's attacks, although being of a weaker variety, they definitely fell in droves to their efforts. Still they kept coming, mostly clanking forward with sword in hand, while some started concentrating lasers on them.

Goofy began to catch sight of some other sort of fighting going on nearby him, something that obviously wasn't Sora or Donald. He couldn't quite see it over the hordes of Heartless, though. He continued to spin and bash his way through his section of the army, although now attempting to see if he could get closer enough to see who or what this was. A bit of confusion set in with the rest of the memory's feelings, but not so much that his focus was derailed.

The shift in feeling is noticeable, and it gives him pause for a moment, falling automatically into a block. What effect will having contact with the denizens of this memory result in? It's clear that at some point their paths will cross... already something has been detected as unusual. Resolute, he begins his assault anew. It's truly impressive, the host gathered here...

Disney Town feels it too. They didn't have this problem in the last memory he visited, but what to make of it? It's not like he can just surrender to the Heartless right? He flicked his wrist and the ice cream chain shot out again. D.T. started moving back. Maybe he could take out the Heartless and avoid being seen by the other participants in the battle. But he knew he couldn't just stop fighting or at least there was no indication that he should.

"There's so many."

Their combined efforts were starting to thin out the seemingly endless ranks of Heartless, leaving them in large clusters instead of a horde. The Heartless now came on them and the knight in groups of half a dozen, all trying to swing at them with their swords.

As the masses of Heartless began to thin, Goofy became more aware there was someone else here than just his two normal friends. Sora and Donald were too preoccupied with their own armies to notice, though. While it wasn't spoken, they were both able to get a distinct thought from Goofy: Gawrsh, is someone else helping, too?

Rolling waves of Thunder, coupled with the broad sweeps of Strike Raid... coupled with his companion's magic and attacks, they were having an effect. Contact would be immanent, and from that, what would come next?

"Don't let their numbers overwhelm you! We must continue on!"

War means war, and at this point in a sense he was helping his past Nobody-self, his key dispatching those destined for the Kingdom Hearts forming in the World that Never Was. How odd, to fight both sides at once!

The knight serves our king. We can save the knight.

Disney Castle's voice echoed in Town's head. He knew that his partner, the shared aspect of his world, was right. It was his job to protect his citizens after all. It was a task he had performed for a number of years now.

Town whipped the chain again and this time called out, "Balloon!" Instantly, several orbs appeared around him and burst outward. The attacks stunned his opponents and he followed up by swiping them--the stunned ones--with his chain.

Perhaps Goofy had heard Xehanort's statement, since he did respond. Oh, right! He continued his spinning and bashing of Heartless, knocking aside them in droves, although it was clear he was starting to tire out.

Luckily, their ranks were really thin by now. Only a couple of the Surveillence Robot Heartless were left, and maybe about 200 Armored Heartless besides. With a couple more solid attacks from all of them, the army should be defeated.

"Not much longer!" Xehanort managed to grunt as he continued, whipping through a variety of attacks quickly. The kickback was almost nigh, the charged energy almost crackling around him as he struck at another foe...

Finally... the energy released in a rush, swirling down his arm to encapsulate his keyblade in a glowing blade of energy, giving it the appearance of a sword. He launched forward in renewed assault, the energy already starting to drain away. Not much longer, indeed...

Fighting was hard, but that didn't mean that the world of Disney couldn't make it a little fun. Disney smirked and snapped his chain again, "Fruitball time!"

Suddenly large balls of watermelon and pineapple fell from the sky and started landing on the Surveillence Robot Heartless. Some of the fruit merely impaled on the tops of their somewhat pointy heads, but the heavier fruit actually knocked them down or stunned them for the keyblade to take them out.

It's safe to say that none of the Heartless around them expected the enormous energy blade from Xehanort, or the rain of large fruit from above. Such devastating attacks did produce their intended purpose, though: the remaining Heartless in Goofy's corner of the valley were all defeated.

For a moment, this left the maw eerily empty, at least around their corner. Sora and Donald were busy finishing off the rest of their Heartless attacks, too.

This quiet was interrupted by a brilliant flash of light between the two fighters, revealing a bright, blue and green star-shaped object. The star-object just floated between the two, as if waiting for someone to reach out and take it.

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[Congratulations, You've earned an Appeal! Specifically, an appeal of fighting to help one's friends. This little representation of the memory can be kept by anyone and shared between anyone that asks for it, in the same 'space' one would keep a Keyblade. It's up to those present who would like to hang on to the Appeal for now.]

The appearance of the fruit was enough to make him pause in his assault... something so unexpected was quite the spectacle. However, it became clear enough that the fruit was just another article in his companion's arsenal, and he pressed on to take advantage of the foes stunned by the move, a grin on his face. "Nice!" he called out in gratitude.

When at last all of the foes had been dealt with, the appearance of the star-shape object had him transfixed. He reached out to take it in order to get a closer look, curious.

"Hah! I knew I could handle it," the Town beamed as the last Heartless disappeared.

I never doubted you Castle repiled, amusement apparent in his tone.

Before he could say more or bask in the glory of battle, a light flashed between him and the guy with the keyblade. Town wasn't as surprised as the last time this happened and merely grinned wider. "Neat! We got another of those things." Town is now closer to not!Terra as he examines the star-shaped object, "Good job."

"You've seen one of these before?" Xehanort looks over at the other, again, taking him in more in measure now that the fighting is over. It amuses him that yet another child is involved in things...

Town bobbed his head in affirmation. He pointed at it, "Kairi and I found one in another of these memory things. Of course, we did something totally different to get it."

He turns it over idly in his hands, fingers tracing the surface. "Do we know what they're for yet? What they do?"

"I know they make you feel a certain emotion tied to the memory," he gestures at the memory they are currently in. Town then drops his arms, rocking back on his heels. He looks to be thinking over something as he scratches his head. "I'm...not sure what else they do come to think of it. Kairi let me keep the one we found back in another memory. But I've only been holding on to it until we can figure out more."

His hand closes over it, carefully. He'll have to test it out later, see what he can learn from it.

"I'm sure it's a clue, some sort of key... if we can figure it out, they'll probably help us. Maybe if everyone has one..."

Disney nods in agreement. That's what he and Kairi had thought. What it meant he couldn't say, but why would they get them if they weren't important?

"Guess we'll just have to keep trying to collect them and then see what happens."

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