Next stop.

[endlessxsky]

[ Trying to find "home" in the expansive, ever-changing dressing room is no small feat after such a long absence, but this exhausted Sora figured riding the tram around would be his best bet. His skin is dirty and slightly paler than normal, and he can't wait to take a warm shower and a long rest once he finds either an empty room or his own old rooms. His favoured Keyblade, Oblivion, rests across his lap as he dozes in his seat, slumped over with his forehead against the window. It's the first rest he's had in days, and it shows in his face, peaceful though it is. ]

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[windup_boytoy]

[luckily, Ri was on his way back from the chocobo stables and normally takes the tram instead of chancing a portal in the DR; he's quite surprised to see his wayward boyfriend like this]

Sora!

[endlessxsky]

[ Sora's eyes open immediately, unfocused with drowsiness, hand reflexively gripping his blade. ]

Wha?!

[windup_boytoy]

Sora, you're back!

[Ri will be rushing forward with all the grace of a rampaging behemoth, thrilled to see Sora again]

[endlessxsky]

[ Momentarily stunned, he lets his blade disappear and his dull eyes brighten when he sees his love. ]

Ri...

[windup_boytoy]

[Ri throws his arms around Sora, lifting him right off the tram seat]

Sora!

[endlessxsky]

[ Sora probably smells a little... ripe, and is covered with splatters of mud and flecks of blood; that's not to say he doesn't slowly wrap his arms tightly around Ri as well, silent with disbelief. ]

[windup_boytoy]

[once Ri notices that, he'll be worried and Sora will be getting a non-con Cure]

What the hell happened to you?! Where have you been? We need to get you home.

[endlessxsky]

[ And Sora is very confused when that Cure hits him, though it feels nice -- his Magic is thoroughly depleted, and he hasn't been able to refuel with Elixirs since his last battle. ]

I... I'm not hurt. Just. Dirty and stuff I can't believe that it's really you!

[windup_boytoy]

You've been gone a long time.

[Sora gets another desperate hug]

Let me get you home and I'll take care of you.

[endlessxsky]

[ He takes advantage of that hug, returning it tenfold and burying his face in Ri's neck. ]

I can't imagine what you've gotta think of me... I don't really deserve it, y'know.

[windup_boytoy]

What're you talking about? You're Sora. That's all I need to know.

[endlessxsky]

[ That makes his Heart throb a little, and he holds even tighter. ]

I missed you so much.

[windup_boytoy]

I missed you, too. I hate how this place just takes people away without warning.

[Ri will be looking out the tram window, and nods when they're pretty close to their stop]

[endlessxsky]

I forgot where I lived... I've been riding this thing for a while, now.

[ Which should indicate that his feelings are a little dull. ]

[windup_boytoy]

[he'll keep an arm around Sora's shoulders]

Things keep shifting. Just find the main residential area and you'll be good. I miss our picket fence, but I'm glad our apartment is pretty much the same.

[endlessxsky]

[ That's very grounding, and he is soaking it up. ]

I can barely remember it... I've been on the Islands, what's left of them. What's left of us.

[ His eyes sort of dull again and go a little unfocused. ]

[windup_boytoy]

Huh? You went back home? Is that where you've been?

[endlessxsky]

Yeah, we were all there. I keep going back, but every time it's different. I'm not sure anymore... what's real and what's not. There were new enemies... stronger, and too many. They destroyed everything. There were just a few of us left guarding the Door, but I don't know how much longer we would have lasted.

[windup_boytoy]

Wha-- what kind of enemy could be that strong? That's impossible, with you, Riku and the King having keyblades! Riku-pi just came back, too, and everything is fine in her world. Except now she has a really gay bat.

[endlessxsky]

[ Sora looks particularly disturbed for the first time thinking about home. ]

Riku and... and our friends, they left for food and never came back. They left to fish, but we didn't know... we didn't know they were coming out of the ocean like that time before we came to the Dressing Room. I don't know where they're coming from, the Door is closed and the Connections between the Worlds are gone. It's like the Island is just... making them or something. Before I came here, it was just m-me and Kairi and Rox and Marluxia. We can't find the others. Everyone that left... never came back. There's no food, the water is toxic and everything's dying.

[ He laughs softly, exhausted and slightly wild-eyed. ]

I don't know whether to be happy I'm back here, or if I want to go back to help the others. I don't know what's real anymore.

[windup_boytoy]

[Ri will hold Sora close, protectively, pretty horrified over what he's hearing about what's happened to their 'home']

It's okay... it's okay, Sora. You're here with me now. You're safe. 'bug is here, and our Riku. He's here! He's been here. We'll just get you home and rested and... and it'll be okay.

[endlessxsky]

[ He nods and stays close, the comforting scent niggling at his Memory receptors; he barely remembered what his Ri smelled, felt like. ]

I think I just want a shower first. That might be nice.

[windup_boytoy]

Anything you want.

[at the proper stop, Ri will carefully usher Sora out and towards their apartment building]

[endlessxsky]

[ Sora will heft himself up from the seat and go slowly into the apartment, smiling when Abby comes yapping her head off at him. She's gotten so big now, and he stops to lean down and pet her, his vision swimming a bit. ]

Do I still have clothes here and stuff?

[windup_boytoy]

Of course you do. Nothing's changed. Go ahead and shower. I'll try and scrounge up some food. Sandwiches are okay, right?

[everything is in its familiar place, and the only major difference is that the door to 'bug's room -- which was normally kept closed like a shrine -- is wide open, and the toys and such have changed inside from a little boy once again living in it]