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[ log: bitty!roxas & sora; keyblades and ice cream ]

[ another day, another of Twilight Town's perpetual sunsets. it's easing into autumn around the town now, but that isn't going to stop small kids being small kids, ie running around town with reckless abandon as much as their parents will let them. especially when the small children in question have Hayner-i'm-almost-five-now as a ringleader. and especially not when said ringleader has challenged his three friends to a race.

it's getting pretty late; the streets are almost empty of people now, market street and tram common winding down for closing time, and they should all probably think about heading home soon. but there's always time for one more race. especially when there's ice cream and pocket money at stake ("last one there buys the ice cream next time!").

so the four of them are busy racing along the quiet streets creating probably much more noise than they should be, Roxas about level with Olette and trying to catch up with Hayner, who's already managed to get ahead. perfectly normal evening. absolutely no chance of anything out of the ordinary happening. right? ]

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[ well, it was definitely bright enough to get this kid's attention. he catches the bright flash out of the corner of his eye and completely loses his balance, almost tripping up from surprise. was that - was that a shooting star? a real one?

"did you guys see that?" he calls out - but while he was busy gaping at the the sky and tripping over his own feet, the others have already pulled ahead. "hey! I saw a real shooting star, you have to--" oh. nevermind. Roxas lets out a huff of frustration. he's definitely lost the race by now anyway thanks to that star. so maybe...?

it didn't look like it fell too far from where he is. he could go and take a look quickly before heading home, right? it wouldn't take that much time... and it would totally make up for losing. he nods to himself and sets off running in that direction, panting slightly as he reaches the slope of the hill and clambers to the top. he has to lean on his knees when he's done, but he's sure this is the place. and--

whoa. is that a person? he'll just be. edging towards them gingerly. did he fall out of the sky? ]

Are you okay?

[HE DID LEAVE A BIT OF A CRATER, DIDN'T HE. Sora cants his head up to see the little boy that approached him.]

Mh? Oh!

[Then he sits up, not really bothered to stand. He's on the kid's eye-level like this, after all.]

Hehe, yeah. No worries.

[ A GIANT CRATER, YES. now that your well-being has been ascertained, i hope you don't mind being looked at with unabashed curiosity, Sora. ]

Were you that shooting star? [ because wooooow. he really is lying inside a huge crater. ]

[he doesn't mind, not at all. Kind of giving a sheepish grin, here.]

Shooting star...? Yeah, I guess so. I surprised you, huh. Sorry about that. [He thinks.]

My name's Sora, by the way. What's yours?

A bit. [ he offers a small sort of awed smile in return. he's talking to someone from a shooting star? Hayner is gonna be so mad he missed this. ] I saw you fall out of the sky when I was racing.

Oh, uh, I'm Roxas. [ shuffle. beat. ] Did you come from space?

Nice to meet ya, Roxas. [Sora smiles. He's got a good feeling about this kid. He's not really sure why, just... he seems like a good kid.]

Sure did! I got knocked off course by a space ship and fell. Kind of embarassing, huh.

Wow... [ his eyes widen, because that sounds both very cool and very terrifying all at once.

then he plops down on the ground in front of Sora, because this guy is interesting and he seems okay. ] What happened to your spaceship?

[ because everyone in space has their own spaceship, right? ]

[It's nice, talking to Roxas like this. He can forget about what's waiting for him out there for a bit.]

Mine? [Well, a Glider is almost a space ship, so he figures it counts.] Well, I could show you. It's kind of a secret thing though. Think you can keep it to yourself?

[ aw man. on the one hand, this means he won't be able to tell the others about this. he can't really think of anything they haven't told each other before now. but on the other hand... if it's kind of a secret, it must be important, right? there's probably some kind of space rule that says so.

after a moment, he nods. ] Yeah, 'course I can!

[Sora flashes a bright grin, then jumps to his feet. Summoning his keyblade to his hand, he moves to stand beside Roxas, looking down at him.]

Ready?

[Not that he waits for an answer. He throws the keyblade, that goes whirling into the sky, only to return, moments later, in the shape of his Glider.]

Whoa!

[ he might have jumped a little when that happened. but this? this is so cool. ]

How did you do that?

Hehehee. Well, it's kinda hard to explain. Took me a long time to learn, too.

[He reaches for the glider, which winks out, returning to his hand as his keyblade.]

You know? I think you could probably learn it, too.

Me? [ he looks from the keyblade in Sora's hand up to his face, surprised. ] Could I really?

Weeellll...

[He crouches down facing Roxas, flipping his hold of the keyblade and offering the handle to the younger boy.]

...if you can hold this key?

[ hold it? well... ] Uh... sure.

[ he reaches out, wrapping one hand around the handle almost uncertainly. ]

In your hand, take this Key. So long as you have the makings, then through this simple act of taking, its wielder you shall one day be. And you will find me, friend—no ocean will contain you then. No more borders around, or below, or above, so long as you champion the ones you love.

[It's recited, something learned by heart and internalised, but he means it, too. When he looks at Roxas, he smiles, even though it hurts him. Makes him think about the ones he loves.

Riku turning on him like an enemy. Kairi, Kairi looking at him like they never met-

It's not what he wants to think about right now, but when he smiles, the pain isn't quite gone yet.]

You're always gonna look out for your friends, right?

[ most of it's beyond what he's able to grasp at this age, but something about those words, the way Sora says them, makes him think that this is all... bigger somehow. a lot bigger than anything he's ever done with his friends here; even bigger than learning how to make a spaceship. he doesn't know why, can't even put it into words, it just... is. ]

My friends...? [ for a moment he almost looks surprised, but then he nods decisively. ] Yeah! They're what's important, right?

[ is he just imagining things, or does Sora look kind of... sad? even though he's smiling? ]

Yeah. [His hand, holding the keyblade, shakes a bit.] Friends are pretty much the most important.

[And then he recovers, puts that to the back of his mind. Now's now. There's no point in dwelling on it or thinking too hard about it at the moment.]

Speaking of!

[And the keyblade vanishes, just like that.]

You and your friends. What do you guys do for fun?

[ he feels the tremor pass down the keyblade, but doesn't get a chance to say anything before it vanishes, making him gasp a bit. ]

For fun? Um... [ he scuffs the ground a bit with his shoe. ] Hayner likes to make us race a lot, and Pence likes to inves- investi- look at stuff. But mostly we just--

[ wait. that's it. he might not know why Sora seems sad, or how to ask about it, but-- ]

Wait, wait, I can show you! If you wanna.

Yeah, sure! Lead the way.

[That's a pretty happy grin there. He likes the idea.]

Okay! Follow me--

[ and he's off, rushing down the hill and back into town, turning around occasionally to make sure Sora's following. maybe he shouldn't rush, but he can't help being excited about his idea, and besides, he has to get to the shop before they close. sooner or later, he's leading Sora into tram common and making a beeline for the ice cream shop. ]

W- wait a second.

[ slightly out of breath, he starts rummaging in his pockets for munny, and also... a-ha! WINNER stick acquired! ]

[Sora followed every step of the way, merrily jogging after Roxas. He looks around as they slow down on the tram common, looking around in wide-eyed wonder that he never grew out of, no matter how many new worlds he saw.

He nearly walked right into Roxas. But only nearly.]

Hm? Something wrong?

Just getting something.

[ he waves the WINNER stick at Sora with a smile before taking the couple steps to the shop counter and stretching up on tip-toe to see over the top properly, catching the attention of the salesperson. ]

Two sea-salt ice creams, please! I've got a winner stick.

Sea-salt? [Wondering out loud, don't mind him. And hey, he'll try almost anything at least once.]

[ after a moment, he turns back to Sora and holds out one of the ice creams. ]

You've never had it before? It's really good.

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