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[dawnrise]

[ Here's a Riku, about sixteen-seventeen years old, wearing casual clothes with a shockingly short haircut. Overall, doesn't stick out enough to approach. But she's asleep, dangling mid-air, slightly reclined, the Way to Dawn hanging from her grip. If anyone does approach her, they might get a surprise.]

[ooc: and then I canon updated. Riku's been missing from the DR since July 25th. There will probably be spoilers for KH3D as I'm pulling her post-game. (That's why she looks a little younger than she should - it won't last.)]

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[lightyin]

[This clearly means that this other Riku, who just returned a couple hours prior, to stumble upon and approach her. At least close enough to gently shake one of her arms, to see if she'll wake up.]

Hey.

[dawnrise]

[The minute he touches her the mysterious levitation comes to an abrupt halt. The female Riku hits the ground with a grunt, and above her a bat bursts into existence. (Only it has yellowish-orange wings, not pink.) It is quite indignant on her behalf, and flaps its wings in his face.]

[lightyin]

[Hey, he had one of those! Well, probably still has one, if it managed to follow him here. He startles, taking a step back and trying to gently swat the angry bat away from his face.]

Calm down, I'm not going to hurt her.

[dawnrise]

[It throws a little temper tantrum but settles down on her stomach, which doesn't make her any happier than hitting the ground. Her eyes open slowly, groggily, and she pushes at the poor bat before her attention turns on the other Riku and she jerks in surprise.]

[lightyin]

[Good bat. He's keeping a distance from his female counterpart, partly out of respect for the bat and partly because he doesn't want to startle her too bad.

More than she already has been, anyway.]

Uh...hi.

[f1re0nthesun]

[shrieks. no, not really, but when he comes across her late in the day on his birthday, he's just so goddamn glad to see her he could almost cry. the levitating is kind of weird, as is the appearance, but he can tell it's still her, and hurries down the hall to her, reaching up to pull her from the air and catch her if gravity suddenly kicks in for her.]

[dawnrise]

[Gravity does indeed kick in and the magic wears off, but thankfully with Axel there she doesn't crack her head on the ground. She does stir, though, and then an colorful, golden-orange winged bat poofs into existence right in his face.]

[f1re0nthesun]

[jfc woman, what the hell have you been getting up to with Red? /no. he jerks back slightly, just out of surprise, but doesn't lose his grip on her or anything.]

Riku?

[dawnrise]

[Weirder things have happened. She opens her eyes when she says her name, then jerks away from him, looking extremely confused.]

Axel?

[f1re0nthesun]

[a smile cracks through his worried expression, and he moves to set her on her feet now that she's awake.]

Yeah. We've been really worried about you, you were gone so long.

[twilit_kid]

[This little guy stares up at her where she's dangling, even circling her with plenty of space and waving his arms in the air beneath her. He doesn't see anything above her either, so he really has no idea how she's managing this trick.

After he's well and truly stumped he's looking really close at her face to see if she's really asleep, then giving some quick glances up and down the hall. Will he do it? He really wants to see what happens. He's going to streeeetch up toward her- he did it.

He touched the butt.]

[dawnrise]

[Bam -- she hits the floor immediately. Good going, brat.]

[twilit_kid]

[She'll get to wake up to a squeal of surprise then! He's got his face all up in hers once he gets over his shock. Here, have a little hand papping at your cheek, Riku.]

Hey.. Hey! Wake up!

[dawnrise]

[And instantly, with her super ninja skills, a hand shoots out to grab him by the nose.]

[twilit_kid]

[He shrieks, literally dancing his feet in place as he jumps back. It quickly dissolves into giggles.]

[windup_boytoy]

[Ri has his arms crossed and is contemplating the mid-air sleeping, head tilted to one side]

... Aero spell gone wrong maybe?

[dawnrise]

[Admittedly a very plausible theory when looking at the entire picture. Either way, as she hangs there a (decently large) bat explodes into existence, wings a golden orange, and sits on her stomach. It chirps happily at Ri!]

[windup_boytoy]

Holy shit!

[Ri jumps back, summoning Soul Eater at the same time]

Get away from Riku-pi!

[dawnrise]

[There's a chirrup from the bat and then Riku twists, an arm instinctively wrapping around the bat as she lands in a crouch on the ground, Keyblade held ready.]

[windup_boytoy]

[well once Riku is awake-ish, Ri will stand down, but look quite annoyed]

I knew you were fucking Red, but I didn't think you'd take to his choice of pets, too. And what the fuck did you do to your hair?!

[before]

[And SOME TIME AFTER THE ABOVE THREADS, there is a Red in his rooms, completely oblivious to Riku's return. He's busy feeding dead mice to what looks like a venus fly trap on grimdark steroids.]

[dawnrise]

[Well, he won't be oblivious for too long, because in the middle of feeding his mutant plant there's a knock at the door.]

[before]

[Leaving the mice where the plant could reach them, he made his way to the door and opened it wide, opening his mouth to say something and then stopping short in confusion.]

[dawnrise]

[She can't blame him if he doesn't recognize her. Physically, her hair's shorter, and she's four years younger than she should be. But hopefully the recognition in her face helps him out.]

... Hey.

[before]

[He keeps staring at her for a moment, silent, possibly gaping a little.]

You...