☉ step one: choose your flavour of roxas one: early-mid Days aka "i am baby and understand nothing, but ice cream and friends are pretty rad ig??" two: mid-late Days aka "i still understand nothing, and i WILL die mad about it" three: digital Twilight Town aka "i'm?? definitely normal?? and i understand NOTHING, least of all why red sonic is following me" four: nebulous post-KH2-prologue timepoint aka "you are 99.9% likely to be using telepathy/lucid dreaming/diving around in people's heart stations to be picking this option" five: post-KH3 aka Here There Be Spoilers and also limitless possibilities six: WILDCARD aka if you're wanting some kind of AU, this is the option you wanna pick. canon divergence and crossover AUs are all fair game here! heck i'll even bring back DDD!roxas on request if you want
☉ step two: choose your scenario one: the obligatory ice cream prompt; look if you're friends with Roxas you are gonna be subjected to ice cream at least ONCE it is tradition and i do not make the rules two: in ur world, tryna be sneaky; for some reason the organisation has Business on your character's world and Roxas isn't as good at sneaking around as he thinks he is (alternatively depending on ur preferred roxas flavour: he's there for some other reason and isn't as good at pretending he's not from another world as he thinks he is) three: leeeeeeeeet's STRUGGLE; idk why you're in Twilight Town but congratulations you've shown up in time for the annual Struggle tournament!! now what? four: alriiiiiight, fight fight fight; what are we fighting?? heartless?? something else?? look either way he has 2 keyblades and he's not afraid to kick butt with them five: soft hanahaki; it's me of course there's gonna be a soft hanahaki prompt. grappling with the existential problems of being a Nobody, now with added magical realism flower petals that you apparently shouldn't even be capable of coughing up! (more about what soft hanahaki is here) six: interdimensional social media; whether you're following each other on kingdom hearts insta or there's something else going on here, congratulations, you're internet friends now seven: we live in a jamjar; obligatory insta-jamjar simulation prompt for all your "let's pretend we're in a jamjar game" needs eight: WILDCARD; hit me with whatever else your heart desires!!
☉ step three: comment and profit??? (format ur tags however u want! informal/formal/bracketspam/prose/comment spam/texting/social media/whatever tickles your fancy, i will match ur style accordingly!)
[ look. look!! it'd be weird for you too if the same guy who'd made you and your best friend feel worthless so many times was suddenly, like... all up on your clock tower and also living with you. Roxas knows that a lot has changed, that the whole situation is way beyond complicated, and that he and Xion owe a lot of their return to Isa pulling strings behind the scenes, but... when people aren't messing with it left and right, Roxas also has a long memory.
he's working on it, okay. he wants this to work.
which is why Ven suddenly showing up with the Disney Town passes he's been promising to get ahold of in the heartsquad group chat for weeks is probably a good thing. distractions are good!! ]
It's still so weird that you call him Mickey. [ HE'S... THE KING... ]
[Ven just shrugged. He'd been introduced to him as Mickey and would always call him so unless told, or asked, otherwise. Why should him being a King matter to Ven if it obviously didn't bother Mickey or anyone else enough to mention it to Ven?]
Well, yeah. We can go and see how the place has changed. I only went to the Castle which I'd never been to before. When we come back and give the passes to everyone else, we'll already know the best places to go!
[He was super excited for them to go scout out the place together. Though he was starting to get the feeling that Roxas wasn't as excited to have a twin as he was.]
[ it's nothing personal, Ven. just when you've already spent pretty much your entire existence being weighed and measured against the person you came from (even if he's the best possible Other ever and Roxas would fight people over that if it came to it), finding yet another living reminder that nothing about your existence is original isn't the most exciting thing in the world.
but!! that is not Ven's fault!! and he really is excited for this, huh... it's kinda endearing. a lot endearing.
even so, Roxas has gotta tease him a little. ]
What if I'd said I had homework, huh? [ HE DOESN'T but that is not the point here ] Actually, I've never been to that world at all, so it'll all be new for me.
[ visiting while being inside Sora's heart doesn't count. most things from that time are... really hazy for him. ]
[And Ven just grinned wider. Because he was really starting to get to know everyone for real, and not just from his dreams. Roxas wasn't the only one with strange memories after all.]
If you want to call it that. I've already sent Chirithy on ahead while I came back with the passes. So let's go!
Disney Town is one my most favourite memories and I wanted to share that with all my new friends! Of course I've planned it all out.
[It had taken a while to get the passes to make sure they had no excuse not to join him. Even if some of them still needed help getting from world to world. And once he'd convinced the group from Twilight Town, then he could bring back their other friends to the festival.]
You'd better hold on tight. We really need to teach you how to make a Glider with your own Keyblades.
[Ven slapped on his armour and climbed aboard his glider, waiting for his twin to climb aboard afterwards.]
[ There's maybe been talk about a world involving time resetting every so often, with some concern that portals might have some play in it. And when it comes to portals and time-travel, well.
One probably can't be too careful. This world has some manner of darkness to it, though right now, Roxas may only find the only usual thing to be some girl with her hood tugged down low over her eyes almost colliding with him. ]
Oh-- sorry, sorry! I'm just kinda--
[ Any explanation is halted in the swelling of excited voices rising up like an ocean wave, babbling about an idol, and "I swear I saw Momo-chan!!"
[ one certainly cannot ever be too careful when it comes to portals and time-travel, given literally everything that happened the last time that was involved. Roxas still isn't sure why he's the one who's been picked to check this world out, but he's happy enough to do some recon work if it helps. Riku and Aqua have their hands full enough with all the other stuff that being the only Masters left around entails.
so far things seem pretty normal though? sure, there's definitely some kinda darkness here - he can feel it. but there hasn't been a sign of any Heartless yet as he's been wandering whatever city this is--
wow, that was close. Roxas is saved from a collision by his reflexes, jumping back and blinking at someone who is giving off some strong impressions of being chased and absolutely not wanting to be found.
... well, he might not know why everyone in the street is so excited all of a sudden, but this definitely counts as weird. ]
Wait. [ okay, seriously, why is literally the entire street acting like that. it puts him on edge. ] You want some cover?
... I mean, I'm not really about to say no at a time like this, but are you sure about that? You might really get caught up in it like this.
[ She's trying to spare you, fellow blond. But also she's maybe ducking a little more behind him as the crowd's clamoring gets louder and a little more manic. Geez. This stupid eye ability is going to be the death of her, she's pretty sure. ]
[ what is wrong with these people? Roxas's hands itch to summon his Keyblades, but. these aren't Heartless! he can't just go around hitting innocent people with them just because they're acting scary and weird. ]
Looks like I'm already caught up in it. [ as the crowd starts pushing closer, he starts scanning the street around them for a likely escape route, and... ah! that narrow side street leading off of the main road looks good, if they can knock something in front of it on their way through. he nudges her and nods toward the opening. ] Let's make a break for it on three?
[ Well, he's right. Even if he tried to avoid things now, they'd likely slam into him with phones brandished.
She'll apologize later. For now, Momo reaches up to make sure her hood is in place and firms her lips into a thin line, eyes on the prize (that is really just a narrow street she'll probably trip getting to). ]
[ and on "three" he grabs her hand, 'cause the idea of getting split up and mobbed by this crowd? not good. he starts dashing toward their goal, face just as firm as hers is. ]
Look for something we can knock over so they don't follow us!
[ what he wouldn't give right now to be able to cast Barrier... ]
the spark that was called "Roxas" sinks further and further down into Sora's heart, surrounded by nothing but the darkness all around and the bright glow of stained glass below. it's warm; a warmth that invites, envelops--
suffocates. Roxas is suffocating.
he's not so deep yet that he can't feel what's going on outside, can't sense what Sora is hearing and seeing in fits and starts and flashes. that's the sound of the trams on the common rolling past. that's the dart board in the usual spot. that's the street to Station Heights that he's running up -
except that he isn't running. he'll never run again. Roxas will never have a body again. he is a collection of thoughts and memories made using a borrowed heart, and maybe-- maybe soon, he won't even be that anymore.
Naminé said I won't disappear. but this feels like disappearing - no, worse, like being buried alive. he doesn't feel whole. he can't move, he can't even see, except vague impressions like afterimages from looking too long at the sun.
Sora is getting on a train. he'll never see Twilight Town again.
Roxas shrinks into himself - what "himself" there still is - and feels nothing but thick, heavy hurt. ]
Hayner... Pence... Olette...
[ he never even really knew the real them. and now he never will. ]
[So many years of background noise filtering in and out of consciousness. Hearing names, snatches of conversation, waves crashing against the shore. That was Ven's life until most recently. There was an urgency in the air, or what he would call the air in wherever this place was. Where he was safe and sleeping. There's a familiarity to some of the new sounds. Voices even but the memories are scrambled, blurry and unfocused. Certain he knows them but also certain he doesn't know where from. A place that's not this place.
Then silence all of a sudden. For a time, it's just silent and Ven drifts back into his safe slumber. Until he hears another voice. This one much louder and clearer than the others before. He can actual make out the words. Ven seems to wake more here, wishing he had eyes to blink and rub. Was someone else actually here? And how did he reply? He hadn't even tried to speak here himself, the thought of conversation hadn't even crossed his mind. But even though the words weren't numerous, they were enough to bring hope and consciousness where there was little. And Ven steeled himself to reply.
Nothing came out at first. He had no mouth to open, no voice to shout with. But he had his heart and his heart called out as hard as he could until a sound was made. Unintelligible at first, as if it was rusty and hadn't been used in a long time. But eventually, after long last, he managed a real word.]
Hello?
[Euphoria ripped through him like casting Thundaga. And he was urged into shouting louder, remembering to use his heart and not his mind.]
[ the last thing Roxas was expecting to hear was another voice. another "voice"? it isn't as though it's possible to speak in here. not really. but he definitely just heard something.
the shock drags his attention away from those phantom afterimages of a tall, rickety tower outside a train window, away even from the dragging weight of his own hurt, and he casts about wildly within Sora's heart.
he doesn't even know how to look for whatever he's looking for. he doesn't know how to feel it out. but he swears he heard someone close by. not outside. not through Sora. in Sora. in here.
[There it was again. The voice, the sound, whatever it was Ven locked onto it and moved in that direction. Was he even moving? He couldn't be sure in this place. He'd never tried any of this before now. There had been no reason to. But company? That was a reason.]
Hello? Is someone else there?
[He wasn't sure if it was possible to have someone else here. If Ven was being honest with himself, he wasn't even sure where here was. The memories were all jumbled up and out of order he couldn't have explained his situation even if there was someone to explain it to. So many it was possible? He would find out sooner or later. He hoped it was...because now he was more awake than he'd ever been and without company he'd be more alone than he'd ever been...]
[ it is someone. someone who can't be Sora, because Sora's attention is focused outward on whatever is happening out in the world where real people exist. and that means--
Roxas doesn't know what it means. but he wants to know. with a desperation that would stop his breath if he still had any, he needs to know. if someone else is in here - is calling out to him - then!
then Naminé was right, and he really won't disappear. not completely. he can figure out what the rest of it means later.
he shouts into the depths of Sora's heart, wishing with everything that he still is to be heard. ]
I'm... [Ven started to reply then stopped. He couldn't quite remember the answer. He knew it was in his heart somewhere. He just needed to dig it out. Unlike all the other familiarities, he knew he could remember this one given time. But until then, he would keep calling out to the other just in case.]
I'm...I'm...here too. [His voice was more uncertain than before. Wishing he could grab that memory. It was so close he could feel it. Just a little more.]
Some of Ven's favourite times was everyone piling into the Gummiship and travelling to another world as a group. Since his recon with Roxas, the Twilight Town group had visited Disney Town a few times with their passes and each time, they always started with ice cream. Today, even Aqua and Terra were joining them. It really felt like they were a really large and dysfunctional family. Especially when Aqua started mothering him. "Don't eat that too fast, Ven." She said as he grabbed his usual Double Crunch. He rolled her eyes at him and sat down by Roxas and Xion. Who did she think he was? He knew how to eat ice cream.
Almost as if to disobey her on purpose, he ate his ice cream a little too fast. And suddenly there was a short whirring sound and Ventus suddenly had six blinding ethereal swords of light appearing out of his back. Looking a little sheepish, he looked around the group and while Terra was trying not to laugh, he was failing and Ven managed to hear Aqua's "I told you so" before he was bombarded with questions by his other friends.
so when are you gonna stick a flag in this post huh
It was weird how traditions could grow up on you without realising it. This one was still pretty new, and few and far between enough that Roxas wasn't sure he could really call it a tradition yet, but - it was getting there. It was kinda nice, to wind down after the days that they spent focusing on the "wielders of an ancient and mysterious weapon" half of their lives by goofing off together in a brightly coloured town.
The icing on the cake, his memories supplied for him idly. Even after everything else that had happened since that moment, remembering the phrase still made him smile. That... had been the beginning of probably the two most important things in his life, after all.
Roxas wasn't really paying too much attention to what sounded like the usual kind of friendly bickering - he was too busy comparing notes with Xion on the Bueno Volcano. (Roxas still wasn't sure how he felt about the concept of spicy ice cream, but they'd also made a pact to try everything on the menu at least once.)
Except then there was a flash of light out the corner of his eye and Roxas was dodging out the way of a sword of light that definitely wasn't there a second ago, knocking his chair over as he did so.
"Whoa!" Now on his feet, Roxas stared at Ven open-mouthed. "Give me a little warning, Ven!"
What was that, anyway? Roxas could do some pretty neat stuff with light himself, but he generally didn't do it while he was eating ice cream. And why was Terra laughing? Was there something he was missing here?
Ven stepped back out of harms way and waited a moment for the command style to dissipate. They were great but if you had no enemies, they disappeared after a little while. Once the light swords had gone, he took a different seat. Still near Roxas and Xion but with his back to Aqua and Terra. While he could see Terra found it funny, and Ven had as well, he didn't need the told you so look from Aqua.
Turning back to Roxas, he looked apologetic. "Sorry Roxas. I guess I ate that too fast after all. I just love Double Crunch." He shrugged, and grinned sheepishly. "I'll not do that with the Milky Way."
Roxas exchanged a glance with Xion, and was relieved to see that she looked just as confused as he was. It was nice to have somebody else in the group who didn't have a clue what had just happened, given that Terra was still chuckling and Aqua was staring at Ven's turned back like she could psychically transfer her I'm-Not-Mad-I'm-Just-Disappointed speech into his brain.
"Uh. I think we're both missing something here, Ven," he said. "I've eaten plenty of ice cream, and nothing like that's ever happened to me."
why is it that you always have to squint at me like that?
With his back to Aqua and Terra, he couldn't order more ice cream but Chirithy brought him a Honeybunny knowing it wouldn't be as terrifying if he ate that one too fast. Ven almost missed Roxas's line as he was digging into it...slowly.
"Huh?" He hadn't expected questions. "I would say you're not eating them fast enough but I've seen you eat ice cream." He was trying to cheer himself up even if it was at Roxas's expense. "Didn't mean to hit you with it. I forget how long those swords can be. You okay?"
... There was definitely something he was still missing, huh. Roxas couldn't help sighing; why did this always happen? People seemed to totally forget that there were so many things he didn't get or hadn't come across yet. He rolled his eyes and stooped down to pick up his fallen chair, setting it right again.
"I'm fine, just confused. What does eating ice cream have to do with summoning whatever all that was?"
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To Disney Town!
Hey Roxas, look! I got it!
[He pulls out what looks like one of Luxord's cards and hands it over to him.]
Finally managed to get some off Mickey so now we can all go. Got one for Axel and Xion too.
[And more besides, but Roxas is still unsure of Saix so Ven decided not to mention him.]
Let's go!!!
to Disney Town!!!!
he's working on it, okay. he wants this to work.
which is why Ven suddenly showing up with the Disney Town passes he's been promising to get ahold of in the heartsquad group chat for weeks is probably a good thing. distractions are good!! ]
It's still so weird that you call him Mickey. [ HE'S... THE KING... ]
--wait, go? You mean right now?
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Well, yeah. We can go and see how the place has changed. I only went to the Castle which I'd never been to before. When we come back and give the passes to everyone else, we'll already know the best places to go!
[He was super excited for them to go scout out the place together. Though he was starting to get the feeling that Roxas wasn't as excited to have a twin as he was.]
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but!! that is not Ven's fault!! and he really is excited for this, huh... it's kinda endearing. a lot endearing.
even so, Roxas has gotta tease him a little. ]
What if I'd said I had homework, huh? [ HE DOESN'T but that is not the point here ] Actually, I've never been to that world at all, so it'll all be new for me.
[ visiting while being inside Sora's heart doesn't count. most things from that time are... really hazy for him. ]
So we're doing recon?
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[And Ven just grinned wider. Because he was really starting to get to know everyone for real, and not just from his dreams. Roxas wasn't the only one with strange memories after all.]
If you want to call it that. I've already sent Chirithy on ahead while I came back with the passes. So let's go!
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Okay, okay! [ JEEZ... ] You really did get this whole thing planned out, didn't you.
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[It had taken a while to get the passes to make sure they had no excuse not to join him. Even if some of them still needed help getting from world to world. And once he'd convinced the group from Twilight Town, then he could bring back their other friends to the festival.]
You'd better hold on tight. We really need to teach you how to make a Glider with your own Keyblades.
[Ven slapped on his armour and climbed aboard his glider, waiting for his twin to climb aboard afterwards.]
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5-2 let's go
One probably can't be too careful. This world has some manner of darkness to it, though right now, Roxas may only find the only usual thing to be some girl with her hood tugged down low over her eyes almost colliding with him. ]
Oh-- sorry, sorry! I'm just kinda--
[ Any explanation is halted in the swelling of excited voices rising up like an ocean wave, babbling about an idol, and "I swear I saw Momo-chan!!"
The girl herself sucks in a shaky breath. ]
Uh. Sorry, I've got to go!
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so far things seem pretty normal though? sure, there's definitely some kinda darkness here - he can feel it. but there hasn't been a sign of any Heartless yet as he's been wandering whatever city this is--
wow, that was close. Roxas is saved from a collision by his reflexes, jumping back and blinking at someone who is giving off some strong impressions of being chased and absolutely not wanting to be found.
... well, he might not know why everyone in the street is so excited all of a sudden, but this definitely counts as weird. ]
Wait. [ okay, seriously, why is literally the entire street acting like that. it puts him on edge. ] You want some cover?
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[ She's trying to spare you, fellow blond. But also she's maybe ducking a little more behind him as the crowd's clamoring gets louder and a little more manic. Geez. This stupid eye ability is going to be the death of her, she's pretty sure. ]
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Looks like I'm already caught up in it. [ as the crowd starts pushing closer, he starts scanning the street around them for a likely escape route, and... ah! that narrow side street leading off of the main road looks good, if they can knock something in front of it on their way through. he nudges her and nods toward the opening. ] Let's make a break for it on three?
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[ Well, he's right. Even if he tried to avoid things now, they'd likely slam into him with phones brandished.
She'll apologize later. For now, Momo reaches up to make sure her hood is in place and firms her lips into a thin line, eyes on the prize (that is really just a narrow street she'll probably trip getting to). ]
One... two...
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[ and on "three" he grabs her hand, 'cause the idea of getting split up and mobbed by this crowd? not good. he starts dashing toward their goal, face just as firm as hers is. ]
Look for something we can knock over so they don't follow us!
[ what he wouldn't give right now to be able to cast Barrier... ]
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4-8 [ for Ven ]
back where he came from.
the spark that was called "Roxas" sinks further and further down into Sora's heart, surrounded by nothing but the darkness all around and the bright glow of stained glass below. it's warm; a warmth that invites, envelops--
suffocates. Roxas is suffocating.
he's not so deep yet that he can't feel what's going on outside, can't sense what Sora is hearing and seeing in fits and starts and flashes. that's the sound of the trams on the common rolling past. that's the dart board in the usual spot. that's the street to Station Heights that he's running up -
except that he isn't running. he'll never run again. Roxas will never have a body again. he is a collection of thoughts and memories made using a borrowed heart, and maybe-- maybe soon, he won't even be that anymore.
Naminé said I won't disappear. but this feels like disappearing - no, worse, like being buried alive. he doesn't feel whole. he can't move, he can't even see, except vague impressions like afterimages from looking too long at the sun.
Sora is getting on a train. he'll never see Twilight Town again.
Roxas shrinks into himself - what "himself" there still is - and feels nothing but thick, heavy hurt. ]
Hayner... Pence... Olette...
[ he never even really knew the real them. and now he never will. ]
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Then silence all of a sudden. For a time, it's just silent and Ven drifts back into his safe slumber. Until he hears another voice. This one much louder and clearer than the others before. He can actual make out the words. Ven seems to wake more here, wishing he had eyes to blink and rub. Was someone else actually here? And how did he reply? He hadn't even tried to speak here himself, the thought of conversation hadn't even crossed his mind. But even though the words weren't numerous, they were enough to bring hope and consciousness where there was little. And Ven steeled himself to reply.
Nothing came out at first. He had no mouth to open, no voice to shout with. But he had his heart and his heart called out as hard as he could until a sound was made. Unintelligible at first, as if it was rusty and hadn't been used in a long time. But eventually, after long last, he managed a real word.]
Hello?
[Euphoria ripped through him like casting Thundaga. And he was urged into shouting louder, remembering to use his heart and not his mind.]
Hello? HELLO?!
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the shock drags his attention away from those phantom afterimages of a tall, rickety tower outside a train window, away even from the dragging weight of his own hurt, and he casts about wildly within Sora's heart.
he doesn't even know how to look for whatever he's looking for. he doesn't know how to feel it out. but he swears he heard someone close by. not outside. not through Sora. in Sora. in here.
can that even be possible? ]
Who's there?!
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Hello? Is someone else there?
[He wasn't sure if it was possible to have someone else here. If Ven was being honest with himself, he wasn't even sure where here was. The memories were all jumbled up and out of order he couldn't have explained his situation even if there was someone to explain it to. So many it was possible? He would find out sooner or later. He hoped it was...because now he was more awake than he'd ever been and without company he'd be more alone than he'd ever been...]
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Roxas doesn't know what it means. but he wants to know. with a desperation that would stop his breath if he still had any, he needs to know. if someone else is in here - is calling out to him - then!
then Naminé was right, and he really won't disappear. not completely. he can figure out what the rest of it means later.
he shouts into the depths of Sora's heart, wishing with everything that he still is to be heard. ]
I'm here! Who are you?
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I'm...I'm...here too. [His voice was more uncertain than before. Wishing he could grab that memory. It was so close he could feel it. Just a little more.]
Do you have a name?
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Commanding Ice Cream!
and dysfunctionalfamily. Especially when Aqua started mothering him. "Don't eat that too fast, Ven." She said as he grabbed his usual Double Crunch. He rolled her eyes at him and sat down by Roxas and Xion. Who did she think he was? He knew how to eat ice cream.Almost as if to disobey her on purpose, he ate his ice cream a little too fast. And suddenly there was a short whirring sound and Ventus suddenly had six blinding ethereal swords of light appearing out of his back. Looking a little sheepish, he looked around the group and while Terra was trying not to laugh, he was failing and Ven managed to hear Aqua's "I told you so" before he was bombarded with questions by his other friends.
so when are you gonna stick a flag in this post huh
The icing on the cake, his memories supplied for him idly. Even after everything else that had happened since that moment, remembering the phrase still made him smile. That... had been the beginning of probably the two most important things in his life, after all.
Roxas wasn't really paying too much attention to what sounded like the usual kind of friendly bickering - he was too busy comparing notes with Xion on the Bueno Volcano. (Roxas still wasn't sure how he felt about the concept of spicy ice cream, but they'd also made a pact to try everything on the menu at least once.)
Except then there was a flash of light out the corner of his eye and Roxas was dodging out the way of a sword of light that definitely wasn't there a second ago, knocking his chair over as he did so.
"Whoa!" Now on his feet, Roxas stared at Ven open-mouthed. "Give me a little warning, Ven!"
What was that, anyway? Roxas could do some pretty neat stuff with light himself, but he generally didn't do it while he was eating ice cream. And why was Terra laughing? Was there something he was missing here?
when you least expect it...
Turning back to Roxas, he looked apologetic. "Sorry Roxas. I guess I ate that too fast after all. I just love Double Crunch." He shrugged, and grinned sheepishly. "I'll not do that with the Milky Way."
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"Uh. I think we're both missing something here, Ven," he said. "I've eaten plenty of ice cream, and nothing like that's ever happened to me."
why is it that you always have to squint at me like that?
"Huh?" He hadn't expected questions. "I would say you're not eating them fast enough but I've seen you eat ice cream." He was trying to cheer himself up even if it was at Roxas's expense. "Didn't mean to hit you with it. I forget how long those swords can be. You okay?"
u killed my goldfish in a past life obvs
"I'm fine, just confused. What does eating ice cream have to do with summoning whatever all that was?"
drowned not killed, much harder feat tyvm
my mistake also SURPRISE late tag