☉ 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!)
[ Roxas freezes mid-pocket-dive, before laughing. ] Hey! How is that fair?
[ at least Ven is just joking... he thinks. oh well. maybe it might actually be nice to treat everyone to something. especially the ones he owes a lot to. ... man, that would mean he'd have to work his butt off doing so many part-time jobs between now and then, though.
Roxas takes his bowl of parfait with undisguised wonder. he's not as naive as he used to be, but the idea of ice cream in a bowl, with multiple flavours, is still an awesome one to him. the first time Hayner, Pence, and Olette had taken him and Xion to an ice cream parlour on the Sunset Terrace side of town, he'd pretty much been in seventh heaven the entire time.
all of this to say: Ven, what do you take him for. Roxas is nothing but a man of his word. so in between marvelling over what he's got in his hands, he is absolutely, 100% setting it carefully down on the table and taking his Gummiphone out to carefully snap a picture of it, making sure to get all of the Goofy-esque features in there. ]
[Ven just shrugs, his mouth full of ice cream. He never said it was fair, but that's what's Roxas gets for having to be dragged out here in the first place. He watches as his brother admires his confectionery first, takes a picture second and only thirdly dives into it. He and Chirithy had almost finished theirs. Delicious as always but certainly filling. They should walk it off exploring the Rec Room then play some Fruitball.]
[ he'd dropped it into Sora's DMs with a "did Goofy ever tell you he has an ice cream shaped like him?" and a surprised emoji before digging in. he's still only halfway through the bowl by the time Ven and Chirithy are getting to the end of theirs, but in his defence, there was a lot of parfait in that bowl. that, and he's taking the time to appreciate the flavour. ]
It's rich... but also kinda bitter? [ HMMMMM ] The chocolate flavour's okay, but I think sea-salt's still my favourite.
[ maybe Ienzo might like this one. he drinks a lot of coffee, right? ]
[Ven resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Of course sea-salt would still be his favourite. He doubted that would ever change.]
We can come back and have another snack before we leave if you like. But I know I can't stomach a second one right away so when you're done, I'll show you the Rec Room and then we can get ourselves nice and hungry for more ice cream with a game of a Fruitball. Make sure we win when we play doubles against Axel and Xion.
[ you can't beat that salty-but-sweet goodness! the rich, dark, bittersweet coffee-chocolate situation going on in the parfait simply cannot compare. ]
It's actually really simple. There's a goal at either end and fruit comes out from each side. With your Keyblade, just hit the fruit into your opponents goal and get more points before the time runs out. We can probably watch some before playing?
[Ven didn't mind what they did really, he's just trying to show Roxas everything before they go back and tell the others he has passes for them too.]
Maybe we could use the sandlot? So long as it's not Struggle season, I don't think anyone'd mind.
[ he's not sure whether to be relieved or disappointed that it's not real fruit. he guesses... at least it's probably less messy and less of a waste of fruit?
still, he laughs softly. ] So what you're saying is, we're gonna be totally soaked by the time we get done playing.
[It was an intense game. Ven didn't hold back as he took an early lead, knowing exactly how to hit each fruit to make it go in the direction he wanted - Roxas's goal. But as the minutes ticked down, he could see his brother learning this as well and blocking became nigh on impossible. Ven kept up his pace, losing track of the points until the buzzer went and he ran up to Horace who was keeping score with Chirithy. Drenched in water and sweat, he looked up them expectantly.]
Well?
You tied!
[Ven looked exasperated and flopped on the floor.] I need more ice cream.
[ it wasn't the sort of game Roxas had ever played before; not that he had that much experience with that sorta thing outside of Struggle matches, and, he guesses, Phil's training in the coliseum. but he was determined to get into it, throwing himself into trying to close the gap on Ven as the clock ticked down.
by the time the buzzer goes, Roxas is in no better state than the other Keyblade wielder, panting and completely soaked from head to toe.
it doesn't stop him from grinning in satisfaction though. sure, it would've been nicer to win, but drawing on his first try? and setting a new record? not half bad. and honestly, it was great to play a game of something where he didn't have to hold back against his opponent.
he flops next to Ven with a laugh. ] Me too! And something to dry off with. I told you so.
[ he fumbles in his pocket for his gummiphone, fully intending to snap a selfie of them both. it's what Pence would want, okay. ]
[Ven pushed Roxas away playfully then lay on his back with his arms behind his head. If Roxas wanted to selfie, he wasn't going to stop him, though after a moment, he summons his Keyblade again for a quick Fire spell to dry them off. Quick and easy, that was magic and he liked it.
Another few minutes later and there was a nudge at his knee. Looking down, there was Chirithy with another Double Crunch. He grinned. She was the best. Hugging her carefully, he grabbed the ice cream and finally sat back up with a grin.]
Want some? [He offered to Roxas before digging in anyway. The game had been fun nonetheless. Now all his brother had to do was make his own Glider for racing!]
[ Roxas manages to snap a wonky, totally unflattering selfie of the two of them before Ven casts his spell - drenched and flushed from playing fruitball as they are - and promptly saves it to show everyone back home later. for posterity's sake.
man, his phone memory storage is filling up fast. he needs to find a way to save these photos somewhere else. somewhere less... deletion-prone.
when Chirithy arrives with more ice cream, Roxas spares Ven a look of clear and obvious envy before he brightens at the offer. ]
Don't offer me some and then eat it all before I can get in there! [ he manages to lean over and snag a mouthful before he's distracted by his phone again - this time from the message tone going off. his face breaks into a grin when he reads whatever's on the screen, and he immediately nudges Ven, turning his phone around so he can see. ]
Oh hey, look. Sora got back to me.
[ there's a series of messages, reading: WHAT?! He never told me this! Donald never told me this!!! Does he have one as well? What else have they been hiding from me? Where are you anyway? That doesn't look like Twilight Town. I sent this to Donald and he wrote me back right away wanting to know how come you didn't pick his ice cream. #somebodysjealous ]
[Ven stopped eating to look at the messages, laughing at them and leaving the end of the ice cream for Roxas.]
Should we tell him? Or wait and tell everyone else at the same time? I can't wait for you all to learn how to create gliders so we call all Rumble Race together.
[This trip has gone just as well as Ven had hoped and he was really looking forward to bringing the whole gang here. Especially Sora because of what he's done for all of them. And because of what might happen in the future.]
[ Roxas shoots Ven a look that screams "are you serious right now?" ]
C'mon, Ven, this is Sora we're talking about. He wouldn't be able to keep this a secret for longer than about five minutes. Donald's probably figured out we're on his world already.
[ that said... Roxas hopes they get to bring everyone here together soon. if Ven had shared what was crossing his mind, he would have found that he wasn't the only one worried about what the future might bring for Sora. Roxas hasn't shared it with anyone yet, but... ever since Sora returned, some time after he'd managed against all odds to send Kairi back, something about the connection between them has felt... thin. stretched out. Roxas doesn't like it, but... he also has no idea how to bring it up. ]
How long does it take to learn how to make a glider, anyways? Do you get to pick what kinda shape it has?
Good point. We'll tell him when we get back. And I wouldn't worry about Donald. I'm sure Mickey already told him about the passes he gave me anyway.
[His mind travels back to first meeting the duo and it's another happy memory. Talking about Mickey and not getting in trouble for disobeying his Master. Though thinking about his Master is a rabbit hole he didn't want to go down today so he changed subjects. Only slightly though since it was Master Eraqus who had taught him about his Glider.]
Shouldn't take you too long. Depends how much hard work you put in. [He grinned, nudging Roxas playfully again.] And not really. Your heart and your Keyblade design it together.
[ Roxas is so caught up in thinking about that that he barely registers the nudge, this time. like - how does that even work for him? for starters, he has two Keyblades. sure, he can wield them one at a time if he wants, but... it doesn't feel right when he does. they're a pair. a matched set.
for another, those Keyblades might be his now, but... they were Sora's, once. Roxas doesn't even know when the last time was that Sora called on Oathkeeper or Oblivion, but back when he did, Roxas knows they meant very different things to Sora than they do to Roxas. does that mean anything? ]
... So that must mean that your heart really, really wanted a world-hopping hoverboard, huh?
You joke but you're not wrong. I was so desperate to get away and see everything there was to see. Both Terra and Aqua have much larger Gliders where you sit and enjoy the ride. Mine's a glorified flying skateboard. I guess it also shows the difference in our ages too.
[He thought about it some more] I've grown up since then, I could probably change it. But I won't. I like my world-hopping hoverboard.
[He even liked referring to it that way. It had a nice ring to it.] Why don't we go back via The Land of Departure and we can ask Aqua about helping you create yours?
[ Roxas listens to Ven talking about all this stuff, absolutely fascinated. to someone who's had a Keyblade since the first day he came into existence, but was never actually told how to use it, the idea of being taught how to unlock all its secrets is still a weird concept to wrap his head around.
Roxas just kind of... fumbled his way through learning how to use his Keyblade. and as a result, he didn't get much farther than fighting with it and using it as a literal, albeit giant and magical, key. he doesn't even know what a life without the Keyblade would be like, but... there's so much he still doesn't know about this part of himself. ]
Hey, don't knock skateboards. You're just travelling the Lanes Between in style.
[ he grins, giving Ven a belated return nudge from earlier. but then he blinks at Ven's next tangent, knocked off-balance again. ]
She wouldn't need any warning first or anything? I think sometimes she doesn't know what to do with me when it comes to teaching stuff.
[ something about "having to think about how we can adapt the classic forms to your style". which he guesses is Master talk for "the way you use Keyblades is weird and confusing, and you're not supposed to have two of them." ]
I'm not knocking anything. I love my Glider the way it is.
[He continued to grin and finally got up, letting Chirithy sort out the remainder of the ice cream. At the comment about Aqua though, he gave his brother a disapproving look.]
Do you give warning whenever you return home? She'll be fine, you'll see.
Well... [ Roxas trails off, perhaps tellingly. then he drops his gaze to the side and mumbles: ] Sometimes.
[ it's one of the things him and Isa have come up with, as a stop-gap measure while they figure their way around each other. a heads-up for days when one or both of their moods are frayed at the edges. but - Ven doesn't need to worry about that. ]
But okay, I'll trust you. Which means it's your fault if I end up giving her a headache.
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[ at least Ven is just joking... he thinks. oh well. maybe it might actually be nice to treat everyone to something. especially the ones he owes a lot to. ... man, that would mean he'd have to work his butt off doing so many part-time jobs between now and then, though.
Roxas takes his bowl of parfait with undisguised wonder. he's not as naive as he used to be, but the idea of ice cream in a bowl, with multiple flavours, is still an awesome one to him. the first time Hayner, Pence, and Olette had taken him and Xion to an ice cream parlour on the Sunset Terrace side of town, he'd pretty much been in seventh heaven the entire time.
all of this to say: Ven, what do you take him for. Roxas is nothing but a man of his word. so in between marvelling over what he's got in his hands, he is absolutely, 100% setting it carefully down on the table and taking his Gummiphone out to carefully snap a picture of it, making sure to get all of the Goofy-esque features in there. ]
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Lemme know what Sora says to that, won't you?
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[ he'd dropped it into Sora's DMs with a "did Goofy ever tell you he has an ice cream shaped like him?" and a surprised emoji before digging in. he's still only halfway through the bowl by the time Ven and Chirithy are getting to the end of theirs, but in his defence, there was a lot of parfait in that bowl. that, and he's taking the time to appreciate the flavour. ]
It's rich... but also kinda bitter? [ HMMMMM ] The chocolate flavour's okay, but I think sea-salt's still my favourite.
[ maybe Ienzo might like this one. he drinks a lot of coffee, right? ]
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We can come back and have another snack before we leave if you like. But I know I can't stomach a second one right away so when you're done, I'll show you the Rec Room and then we can get ourselves nice and hungry for more ice cream with a game of a Fruitball. Make sure we win when we play doubles against Axel and Xion.
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How do you play Fruitball, anyway?
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[Ven didn't mind what they did really, he's just trying to show Roxas everything before they go back and tell the others he has passes for them too.]
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[ he goes in for competitive games like that. especially if he gets to hit things. ]
... I gotta ask, is it real fruit?
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[Ven laughed at that last question. It was a good one and he has wondered the same thing himself before now. Not that he'd tell Roxas that.]
Thankfully no. They're magic water balloons in the shape of different fruits. The purple ones do split apart into mini versions.
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[ he's not sure whether to be relieved or disappointed that it's not real fruit. he guesses... at least it's probably less messy and less of a waste of fruit?
still, he laughs softly. ] So what you're saying is, we're gonna be totally soaked by the time we get done playing.
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[Ven laughed again at the mental image of the trio on the back of Glider. Then grinned at Roxas before answering him again.]
Nah. Only if you lose.
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[ and Pence would want to stop off at every little place and investigate everything... Olette would probably be okay. probably. ]
We should probably just borrow the Gummi ship or something if we ever did wanna give them an off-world vacation.
[ and oh, Ven. you said the magic words. the magic words to bring out Roxas's competitive streak. ]
And who says I'd be losing?
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[Ven just grinned and gestured to the banner that says Fruitball.]
Shall we?
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You're on!
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Well?
You tied!
[Ven looked exasperated and flopped on the floor.] I need more ice cream.
On the plus side, you guys scored a new record.
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by the time the buzzer goes, Roxas is in no better state than the other Keyblade wielder, panting and completely soaked from head to toe.
it doesn't stop him from grinning in satisfaction though. sure, it would've been nicer to win, but drawing on his first try? and setting a new record? not half bad. and honestly, it was great to play a game of something where he didn't have to hold back against his opponent.
he flops next to Ven with a laugh. ] Me too! And something to dry off with. I told you so.
[ he fumbles in his pocket for his gummiphone, fully intending to snap a selfie of them both. it's what Pence would want, okay. ]
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Another few minutes later and there was a nudge at his knee. Looking down, there was Chirithy with another Double Crunch. He grinned. She was the best. Hugging her carefully, he grabbed the ice cream and finally sat back up with a grin.]
Want some? [He offered to Roxas before digging in anyway. The game had been fun nonetheless. Now all his brother had to do was make his own Glider for racing!]
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man, his phone memory storage is filling up fast. he needs to find a way to save these photos somewhere else. somewhere less... deletion-prone.
when Chirithy arrives with more ice cream, Roxas spares Ven a look of clear and obvious envy before he brightens at the offer. ]
Don't offer me some and then eat it all before I can get in there! [ he manages to lean over and snag a mouthful before he's distracted by his phone again - this time from the message tone going off. his face breaks into a grin when he reads whatever's on the screen, and he immediately nudges Ven, turning his phone around so he can see. ]
Oh hey, look. Sora got back to me.
[ there's a series of messages, reading:
WHAT?!
He never told me this!
Donald never told me this!!! Does he have one as well? What else have they been hiding from me?
Where are you anyway? That doesn't look like Twilight Town.
I sent this to Donald and he wrote me back right away wanting to know how come you didn't pick his ice cream. #somebodysjealous ]
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Should we tell him? Or wait and tell everyone else at the same time? I can't wait for you all to learn how to create gliders so we call all Rumble Race together.
[This trip has gone just as well as Ven had hoped and he was really looking forward to bringing the whole gang here. Especially Sora because of what he's done for all of them. And because of what might happen in the future.]
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C'mon, Ven, this is Sora we're talking about. He wouldn't be able to keep this a secret for longer than about five minutes. Donald's probably figured out we're on his world already.
[ that said... Roxas hopes they get to bring everyone here together soon. if Ven had shared what was crossing his mind, he would have found that he wasn't the only one worried about what the future might bring for Sora. Roxas hasn't shared it with anyone yet, but... ever since Sora returned, some time after he'd managed against all odds to send Kairi back, something about the connection between them has felt... thin. stretched out. Roxas doesn't like it, but... he also has no idea how to bring it up. ]
How long does it take to learn how to make a glider, anyways? Do you get to pick what kinda shape it has?
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[His mind travels back to first meeting the duo and it's another happy memory. Talking about Mickey and not getting in trouble for disobeying his Master. Though thinking about his Master is a rabbit hole he didn't want to go down today so he changed subjects. Only slightly though since it was Master Eraqus who had taught him about his Glider.]
Shouldn't take you too long. Depends how much hard work you put in. [He grinned, nudging Roxas playfully again.] And not really. Your heart and your Keyblade design it together.
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[ Roxas is so caught up in thinking about that that he barely registers the nudge, this time. like - how does that even work for him? for starters, he has two Keyblades. sure, he can wield them one at a time if he wants, but... it doesn't feel right when he does. they're a pair. a matched set.
for another, those Keyblades might be his now, but... they were Sora's, once. Roxas doesn't even know when the last time was that Sora called on Oathkeeper or Oblivion, but back when he did, Roxas knows they meant very different things to Sora than they do to Roxas. does that mean anything? ]
... So that must mean that your heart really, really wanted a world-hopping hoverboard, huh?
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[Ven shook his head, laughing at the jibe.]
You joke but you're not wrong. I was so desperate to get away and see everything there was to see. Both Terra and Aqua have much larger Gliders where you sit and enjoy the ride. Mine's a glorified flying skateboard. I guess it also shows the difference in our ages too.
[He thought about it some more] I've grown up since then, I could probably change it. But I won't. I like my world-hopping hoverboard.
[He even liked referring to it that way. It had a nice ring to it.] Why don't we go back via The Land of Departure and we can ask Aqua about helping you create yours?
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Roxas just kind of... fumbled his way through learning how to use his Keyblade. and as a result, he didn't get much farther than fighting with it and using it as a literal, albeit giant and magical, key. he doesn't even know what a life without the Keyblade would be like, but... there's so much he still doesn't know about this part of himself. ]
Hey, don't knock skateboards. You're just travelling the Lanes Between in style.
[ he grins, giving Ven a belated return nudge from earlier. but then he blinks at Ven's next tangent, knocked off-balance again. ]
She wouldn't need any warning first or anything? I think sometimes she doesn't know what to do with me when it comes to teaching stuff.
[ something about "having to think about how we can adapt the classic forms to your style". which he guesses is Master talk for "the way you use Keyblades is weird and confusing, and you're not supposed to have two of them." ]
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[He continued to grin and finally got up, letting Chirithy sort out the remainder of the ice cream. At the comment about Aqua though, he gave his brother a disapproving look.]
Do you give warning whenever you return home? She'll be fine, you'll see.
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[ it's one of the things him and Isa have come up with, as a stop-gap measure while they figure their way around each other. a heads-up for days when one or both of their moods are frayed at the edges. but - Ven doesn't need to worry about that. ]
But okay, I'll trust you. Which means it's your fault if I end up giving her a headache.
[ he's just teasing, really! ]