♡ Now, after leaving Kairi and Sora to their sleep, this wasn't where he expected to end up...

[existanceindawn.livejournal.com]

 [ Oh hey. There's yet another Door of Darkness popping open in Radiant Garden, a familiar enough sight around these parts and a person stepping out of it, ignoring the faint wisps of black clinging to their black cloak, and looking mighty confused as the silvernette blindly takes in his unfamiliar surroundings.

Obviously, this wasn't what he had expected to see.

There's a new Riku to add to the current collection, sleek black cell phone clenched in hand and a black blindfold smugly wrapped over his sharp eyes. Yet, strangely enough, there's a odd amount of Light -for a Riku of this time period anyway- swirling within him. ]

... This clearly isn't where I supposed to end up.

 

[ And then he 'spots', well, senses... multiplies of the same person. There are dozens, upon dozens of similiar but not scents overlaying this whole place and it's got him on edge. Had Xehanort and his friends already stumbled, actually, scratch that knowing them and their hero complexes, probably jumped feet-first into trouble or something?

And what's with the cell phone?

 

[ occ note: This Riku hails from the same Mirrorverse!universe as youstillneedme,  lower_case_x , stormytides , and x_roadnot_taken . :D Taken from after CoM. ]

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[lower-case-x.livejournal.com]

[Helping him? What the-? He might be used to Rikus being decent folks by now, but in this context...]

Can't forget what you never knew. And last time I saw you, you were hanging around with Heartless.

[existanceindawn.livejournal.com]

[ Oh, he's a bastard though and though, but decent enough at his squishy core.

The smirk fades a little at that, before he snorts. ]

... I ditched 'em. To be correct, I back-stabbed every last one of them.

[ That was the simplest version of the tale he was willing to give at the moment. ]

[lower-case-x.livejournal.com]

Huh.

[Interesting. Very interesting.]

Saw sense, then? [Refraining from 'see the light'...]

[existanceindawn.livejournal.com]

[ Try pulling off that light pun and he'd punch you.

In the nuts, if possible. There's a pause and then Riku turn his blindfolded gaze away, directing it towards the ground. ]

... I couldn't just let them destroy themselves, whether they were my friends anymore or not...

[ There's... not shame in Riku's voice, there's something else. Maybe... regret? ]

[lower-case-x.livejournal.com]

[He sighs again.]

Yeah. I ... think I can understand.

[existanceindawn.livejournal.com]

[ A "hmph" is heard from Riku, and he crosses his arms across his chest. ]

You said something like that the first time, too.

[lower-case-x.livejournal.com]

[Dryly-]

Well, I haven't said it yet, so it's a first time for me...

[existanceindawn.livejournal.com]

[ And just as dryly-- ]

And since when you were under the impression I gave a damn, hero?

[lower-case-x.livejournal.com]

[He laughs a bit at the 'hero' line.]

I can dream.

[existanceindawn.livejournal.com]

[ Well, that's what he sees you as and he addresses you as such, albeit in a mocking tone of voice. ]

Keep on dreaming then, Xehanort.

[lower-case-x.livejournal.com]

[Thin smile-]

I plan on it.