l-l-l-like it?

[skybright]

[SUDDENLY: in a hallway off the main part of the dressing room, there's the sound of fighting. there's also the sound of water being shot around at high pressure; some people will know what this means! one of the walls suddenly gives way and a Sora gets blasted through with a jet of water, hitting the opposite wall with a painful-sounding thud and sinking to the floor. Sora's quite thoroughly soaked, and looking more than a little beat up. as she - because yes, judging by the lumps on her chest that her sticking clothing show, she is a female - struggles to rise, breathing in heaving, painful gulps of air, the wall suddenly reforms, blocking her opponent off permanently. too tired to care that she's somewhere that doesn't look like Hollow Bastion, she collapses back against the wall, quite ready to just sink into unconsciousness.]



(ooc: Canon genderswap, mid-Demyx battle and losing.)

Comments

[dawnrise]

[Not happening. She's getting a cure and someone suddenly up close in her personal space.]

Hey.

[skybright]

[buh-zuh-what. the spell makes her perk up a little, and the voice much more so as she sits up, staring at Riku in wide-eyed confusion.]

...Riku?

[dawnrise]

[Ow, don't look at me like that. Riku nods, stepping back now that she's made sure Sora's not going to pass out.]

You alright?

[skybright]

[what no get back here. she's reaching for Riku in a way that might seem vaguely familiar, if she would care to remember that one meeting in Traverse Town.]

I- you- huh?

[dawnrise]

[She's stopped where she is, the beginnings of a frown showing through.]

What were you doing just now?

[skybright]

[flops back, scratching her cheek, which looks like it might start bruising soon.]

Fighting someone from the Organization.

[dawnrise]

Thought so.

[Slips her hands in her pockets, watching her closely.]

Are you hurt?

[skybright]

Nothing serious!

[mostly she's still running on adrenaline, plus Riku's here!]

[dawnrise]

[gah. Sora, why. She can't help but smile a little.]

I bet. In that case, want an explanation?

[skybright]

[it finally occurs to her that maybe she should be paying attention to the fact that she's not in Hollow Bastion anymore, even if that's hard to do with Riku right there and her head getting kind of fuzzy.]

Sure.

[dawnrise]

Alright, look. You're in a place that's... kind of like Traverse Town. Only instead of drawing in people from other worlds, it's dimensions... and timelines.

[She's doing a good job of hiding how secretly happy she is to see a Sora normal to her.]

[skybright]

...huh?

[she understands, sort of, but that's a confusing concept as a whole.]

[dawnrise]

[It is, but Riku just nods.]

Think of it this way. There are infinite possibilities for choices you could've made, or things that could've happened differently. Each of those is a world. And this place? Sucks in people from their worlds without any warning. It's a crossroads.

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

[--Well that's no good. Have an elixir, and a...very obviously male Riku running her way.]

[skybright]

[she perks up a little, and it doesn't immediately register that Riku's male in her dazed state.]

Wh- Riku?

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

[...fff. He's still bracing himself for any potential freak outs.]

No, it's Ansem. ... of course it's me.

[skybright]

[okay, the different voice definitely gets through to her and she stares at him.]

Y-You're...

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

A guy? Took you long enough.

[He's just teasing, of course. Hm.]

Guess you just got here.

[skybright]

[continues to stare at him, then tries to push herself up. it's a lot harder to do than it should be.]

This isn't Hollow Bastion, huh...

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

Not even close.

[Here, he'll hold out a hand.]

Need some help?

[skybright]

[she'll take it after a moment, since this doesn't seem to be working too well.]

I guess.

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

[And he'll help lift her up. There.]

Who were you even fighting to get like that?

[skybright]

[tries to steady herself once she's on her feet, shaking some water off.]

Some Organization member...

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

[He'll just hang in there and offer another potion.]

Sounds like a real pain.

[skybright]

It was... she kept hitting me with water. And her guitar thingy.