[ keyblade master madoka au catchall post ]

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[ because some of us need to heal the void kh3 left us with and we're doing that via the medium of post-canon au shenanigans ]

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[keyderp]

[ Sora wouldn't even know, in years. 'In ancient times' was always kind of a vague statement, anyway.

Sora scratches his head at the name. ] Mitaki... hara... [ He looks around again, taking it in once more and trying to imagine what it would be like to live here. He looks apologetic, shaking his head. He really hasn't ever heard of this place. ] Yeah... sorry. Maybe one of the others will!

[ At the mention that she put this world to sleep, his eyes go wide. ] You did that? I didn't even know that was possible! No, no that's not how it was with the worlds we woke at all. It was more like... [ He crosses his arms, trying to remember, his words slowing as if he's trying to pull a distant memory back up, trying to make sure he's saying it right. ] Uhhh... the worlds fell to the darkness for a while... and even after they were freed again, the hearts of those worlds stayed asleep? I think.

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[ she shakes her head a little at Sora's apologetic headscratching. she had expected as much, really, going off of what she was picking up so far. it's unreasonable to expect anyone to recognise a world that's fallen out of place for so long.

... however, when his eyes start going all big and round like that, it's also her turn to look sheepish. ] Ehehe, well... I didn't know it was possible until I did it, either. It's not what I was trying to do, but... it was better than just doing nothing.

[ she frowns listening to his explanation. what he's saying makes sense - any heart lost in darkness for long might need some help waking up - but-- ] --eh?! They all fell to darkness!? Did things really get so badly out of balance? I feel like I've missed so much... mm, too much.

[ but, there's a short sigh, before she smiles again. "for a while" implies that things got better. ] Still, it sounds like in the end, the worlds were in good hands after all. What are things like now?

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[ Her description has him chuckling. ] Yeah, I know how that goes. [ Sometimes you gotta try and maybe make things up as you go, right? Sometimes there aren't any instructions. No reason not to give it your best shot.

He's a little surprised at her shock, actually. It's been such a fact of life for him for the last few years... of course worlds falling to darkness is still terrible, but it's all fixable, right? For a moment, Sora isn't sure how to respond, but he nods at her assessment - they're still in good hands. He's sure of that. Riku and the king and everyone else... they'll look after things. ] Okay well... it's all kind of a long story... and I don't even know all of it, but I can try? Uh basically there was this guy named Xehanort, and for some reason he really wanted to recreate the Keyblade War and uhm. [ Where does he even start with Ansem and Xemnas and... everything? ]

Uhhhh........ basically the people he gathered [ we are not going to go into how he tried to make 13 of himself ] to pull it off did a lot of bad things before that even happened? But we defeated him in the end! Uh, them. [ Wow he managed to give the super abridged version in under a minute! Somehow. ]

I left right after that though, and it's kinda hard to keep track of time down here so I dunno how things are right now. But the others are all in the waking world and taking care of stuff I bet, so I'm sure it's fine now!

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[ as Sora manages the impressive feat of summarising all of Xehanort's overcomplicated bullshit in a few shorts sentences, to say that Madoka's face goes on a journey rivalling that of any Keyblade apprentice approaching their Mark of Mastery is somewhat of an understatement. when she eventually finds her voice again, she sounds stunned. ]

I guess... I really wasn't wrong when I said I'd missed too much, huh.

[ a story that ends with someone recreating the Keyblade War itself must be one worthy of filling many volumes - the sort of story that will no doubt pass into legends of its own some day. but even the heavily abriged version also lets her fill in some gaps - no wonder his search for his friend lead him to dive headlong into somewhere like the abyss, if what caused his friend to vanish in the first place was being caught up in something as destructive as a second Keyblade War. ]

... Well, one thing's definitely for sure, Sora. [ and she smiles; impressed, genuine, and radiant. ] You and your friends must be some of the greatest Keyblade wielders that ever lived if you managed to put a stop to a plan like that. It's incredible!

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[ Sadly, Sora isn't really watching the face journey take place, too wrapped up in trying to retell what happened, but he definitely notes the lingering silence, shifting his weight as he waits for her to process the... everything. He only has a light, sheepish laugh to offer at her initial answer. If she never knew about any of this... yeah, he has no idea how long she's been down here.

The praise makes him grin immediately. ] Thanks! I'm really glad everyone came together to help, otherwise I have no idea how we'd have ever done it. [ They wouldn't have. That thought still sits like a pit in his stomach, surrounded by a cold, terrifying certainty, but there's no reason to acknowledge it, right? Because they did! They did do it.

He is momentarily distracted by his new dream eater friend deciding to sit on his head. Mercifully it does not try to pull on his hair to make it more nest-shaped. ] --Hey! Uhm... [ Okay he's laughing. ] Anyway, you gotta meet everyone when we get back! Is it just you here?