first keyhole;

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[There appears to be a newbie stepping onto the plane today. It's a teenage boy carrying a large key at his side. As he steps onto the plane he takes a look around, looking quite puzzled.

The snow really doesn't help ease his confusion, either.]

Okay, what gives? This sure doesn't look like any store I've seen before.

[He dismisses the Keyblade for now and continues to survey the area. Snow... and space? Definitely not Hollow Bastion. Well, there goes his plans to help with the clean up. Le sigh.]

Wonder what this place is anyway...

[Well, it's strange, but he might as well take a look. So off he goes~ Feel free to pester the snarky Keybearer.]

Comments

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

You're that kid who was attacking Hollow Bastion.

[He still looks a bit suspicious. After all, the Replica called him...]

...Sora.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Who was... what?!

[ That name sounds familiar, but he can't quite place it. He doesn't look happy, though. ]

That's not me. I didn't do anything like that!

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

[Well, that's odd. Riku still looks a bit suspicious, though. Something is not right.]

It sure looked like you. What, you decide to ditch the cloak?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Cloak...? [ And now he looks confused. This guy is telling the truth about the similarities, at least, but that doesn't help matters much. ] The only time I've worn a cloak was when it started snowing here.

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

You really don't know, do you?

[He crosses his arms, taking a moment to think about this.]

Well, you look just like him. Maybe a little older, but this can't be a coincidence.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Maybe he's a different-me. But then why would his name be different...? [ Shakes his head. ] This is the Astral Plane. People from different worlds all come together here. And... sometimes people from the same worlds that are kinda different, too.

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

A different you?

[Give him a second here. This... all sounds very weird, like something out of a Sci-Fi movie.]

None of what you said makes any sense. Then again, I've seen some pretty weird stuff.

[So... maybe he's got a point.]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

You'll probably see even weirder now that you're here. But, yeah, a different me. It's happened before, apparently. Although... my name's Roxas. Not Sora.

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

How weird are we talking?

And, Roxas... Well, technically this 'other you' isn't Sora. At least... not the Sora I remember.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Well, a few months ago, all of the people here got stuck in an onsen with these weird, colored rings on our fingers.

What do you mean?

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

That's it? Did the rings even do anything?

[He frowns at that last question.]

Judging by the cloak, he's part of the Organization. In other words, he's probably just Sora's Nobody.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they did. We could fly with them, make shields... and some of us even healed automatically or saw auras around people.

[ Processing Riku's last statement. Please hold. ]

He's... what?!

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

Heh. Sounds pretty convenient, I'd say.

[Why so shocked, Roxas? Riku looks quite serious.]

Like I said, a Nobody. Sora lost his heart... so it'd make sense.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Would've been if we hadn't all been trapped there.

[ As does Roxas. The fact that Riku must be telling the truth is both disturbing and sobering. ]

A Nobody... that looks like me?

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

How long were you stuck there?

[And for Riku it's not a pleasant thing to think about, especially since said Nobody seems to think he's a replica.]

Exactly like you, just younger.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Almost three weeks.

[ For whatever reason, he hasn't quite put two and two together yet in regards to having lost his heart, but it's still kind of upsetting to hear he might be a Nobody in some other world. ]

But he calls himself Sora?

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's great.

[He nods.]

Yeah. And not just him... this copy of me called him the same exact thing. Says I'm the reason he lost his heart.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it.

... copy of you? [ Replicas? WHAT ARE THOSE? thx kairi ] The reason who lost his heart? Sora...?

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

That's right. I don't know where he came from, but it's because of him and that Nobody that Hollow Bastion's a mess.

[And...another nod.]

Sora's heart. He lost it a while ago.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Wait, what exactly happened to Hollow Bastion?

Oh... I'm sorry.

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

Apparently they've been causing damage around the town. Leon thought I was the one behind it at first.

And... don't be. Sora did what he had to in order to bring Kairi back.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

You know Leon? Well... that's right. You had a Keyblade, didn't you. Are you the one it chose in your world?

[ That second name sounds familiar, too, and he actually knows why this time! ] Kairi?

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

Basically. You saying that you've got one too?

[He nods, looking much less wary at the mention of her name.]

Yeah. She's a friend of mine.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh. [ He nods as well. ]

Weird... There was a note in our journal that said we should "Thank Kairi," but my friends and I don't remember ever meeting her.

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

Weird... I don't think Jiminy ever wrote anything like that back home. Probably wouldn't need to, since she's traveling with us.