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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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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.

Nope! Never seen it anywhere.

[He takes it, and tries.]

Mmh. Huh. It really is good. Your favorite?

[ nods with a smile, glad he likes it. ] Yep. Me and the others have it all the time.

This has to be your first time here, right? [ because really, if he's never seen sea-salt ice cream before... ]

Yeah, I've never been here before. It looks like a really nice place.

[Small, though. Not so much bigger than the islands he grew up on with his family. And with Riku.]

It is. But... if you've really never come here before, there's one place you really have to see.

Wh- [He has to stop halfway so as not to answer around the ice lolli in his mouth. Ahem. Manners. Dignity. All that.]

What's that?

[ manners? dignity? what are those? it makes Roxas giggle slightly, anyway. ]

I'll show you if you want. You can see almost the whole town from there.

That sounds great! [A bright grin.]

Sure, let's go!

Yeah. C'mon, it's this way.

[ walking this time, because no way is he risking dropping his food, he starts leading the way up the main street towards station heights, eating his ice cream thoughtfully. ]

So... you must've been to lotsa places if you came from space.

Yeah. There's [lots of worlds-] a lot of places to see out there. I don't think anyone can ever see all of 'em.

There's magical castles and princesses, and I've met a couple guys who were training to be heroes. Kingdoms that have talking cats. Really big forests, where huge silver and black monkeys live. [The list goes on and on. You should interrupt him sometime.]

[ but why would he want to interrupt him when it all sounds so interesting? he might just be gaping a bit, his imagination filling in the gaps in that list. ]

Is all of that really real?

Yeah! I've been there, for really real. My friends, too.

[ ... yep. still gaping, even as they reach the crest of the hill leading to the plaza where the station is. ] Wow...

Are your friends still exploring now?

Y-yeah! [Pretend you didn't catch him stumbling there? Please?]

We split up for a bit, but I bet they're seeing all sorts of amazing things.

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