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[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

[This dream is a strange one. A beautiful world, or at least it once was. The ruins are scarce, and there are few places to go besides the castle. Sure, the Rising Falls are interesting, but there's not much out there. However, there aren't many rooms with open access. Once you get past the Castle Gates, the entrance hall opens before you. From there, up the stairs and to the left, one can find the two-story library where the shelves can move depending on the weight of the books on them. But up the stairs and forward, the central lift stop is where you find yourself. From there, only one other actual room inside the castle can be found in the crumbling remains. A small room, the chapel.

No matter where you decide to stay and explore, eventually, there's a boy who you run into. And he doesn't seem very happy to see anyone. In fact, he seems guarded and unsure.]

...How did you get in here?

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[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Who knows?

[Ami truly doesn't; but she doesn't seem as disturbed as she should be by the hostility, either. After all, she tends to be equally guarded herself.

She finds Sora in the library first - of course. She seems to already be perusing the shelves as her eyes flicker over them.]

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

[The library. Where he spends most of his free time, anyway. He'll stand next to her, keeping an eye on her out of the corner of his eye.]

...Dad doesn't like strangers in his castle.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Can't be helped.

[She seems decidedly unconcerned. The library, however, definitely has her attention.]

I want to see what books you have here.

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

...They're mostly old an in other languages. Good luck finding anything you can read.

[He plucks a book from the shelf, one of the few entirely in common, and then he moves to a little nook nearby where he can sit at a desk and read. But he's still paying attention to her.]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Being a dream, she might well be able to understand some of the others. She picks out one that makes sense to her - funny how they can even read in dreams, a difficult task - and glances at the first few pages.]

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

[Sora doesn't understand that this is a dream. Not yet. He will, eventually.]

...Enjoying it?

[He shouldn't care. But it's a person.]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Of course. I wouldn't want to come here and not sample the library.

[Not that she's exactly sure where 'here' is, but that's fine. Sora can tell her in a moment.]

You're pretty hospitable, so I'll ask where this is. [Like now.]

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

...The ruins of Hollow Bastion.

[He's almost glad to tell her. He loves his home, after all. Even as weird and ruinous as it is.]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

You seem to like it very much. [Subconsciously, she tailors her tone to the young boy he seems to be.]

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

...I've lived here most've my life. Of course I like it.

[He peers out from around the corner now. He hasn't had much experience with people... So he's naturally quite curious.]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

It's your home. A person's home is important to them.

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

...Is it?

[He seems genuinely confused. "Home." It's a concept he hasn't understood in years.]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. It's something that can't be taken away.

[alltheregions.livejournal.com]

Er.... was I not supposed to be here? [ because Ash gets lost a lot ]

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

Not really... Though, how'd you get here, anyway?

[Because he's used to people travelling by gummi ship or dark corridor, and this kid looks like he'd have use of neither.]

[alltheregions.livejournal.com]

I dunno. [ herp a derp. even pikachu doesn't know ]

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

...Huh. Well... If you don't know how you got here, guess that makes it hard to leave...

[How to solve this problem.]

[alltheregions.livejournal.com]

Well, if I can find my way out, then maybe I can leave! [ he just wants to train dammit ]

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

Good luck. This world exists on its own, cut off from most everywhere.

[dormition]

[Minato's seen a lot of strange things and not batted an eyelash, but this is stretching it a little even for him. At first he's slow, slightly hesitant as he walks through the halls, one hand automatically near where his Evoker hangs on his belt. It wouldn't do him any good here, and he knows this is really a dream, but it's so natural to him that he can't quite get rid of the habit. All those hours in Tartarus, he supposes.

It's beautiful, though, all of this. And it feels... strangely like a home, in the certain way that the Velvet Room felt like home the first time he'd been there. Minato ducks around a hallway corner and comes face-to-face with Sora. He blinks in surprise, relaxing from his battle-ready posture.]

I'm not sure. I was just here. [It's a real answer, to him.]

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

'Just here?' Huh... Maybe you're lost. Either way, you shouldn't be in this world.

[He's not sure what to think of the other. Not really. He hasn't had to deal with people in ages, after all. He's always avoided them.]

[dormition]

I didn't mean to intrude, [he says, stalling for a moment as he decides what to do. It's not much of a decision: Minato always likes getting to know people.] I'm Minato. It's nice to meet you... do you live here?

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

[...It's confusing, this kindness. "Nice to meet him?" Huh.]

...Sora. And... Yeah. I do.

[dormition]

[Minato's not about to let someone finding him confusing stop him from trying to make friends with them. Far from it.]

Do you want to show me around? I've never seen anywhere like this.

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

...There's... Really not much to see. Most of the castle's in ruins.

[dormition]

You don't have to if you don't want to, but I'd like to know more about it.

[recycleddestiny.livejournal.com]

[This one has a bokken slipped through one beltloop just in case, but the sheer size and scope of this place was what really drew Masamune's attention. He really hadn't seen any place like this outside of any books or video games that he had ended up working through on a passing whim, so it was only right that he ended up exploring the place.

But the voice causes him to turn as he stands in the Chapel, half-ready to draw until he notices the tone of the voice that called out to him, answering partly in heavily-accented speech, despite the fact that English is pretty much his second language:]

Who knows. Just found myself here and decided to do a little bit of exploring.

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

...This place isn't exactly safe.

[How can someone not know how they got somewhere? Oh, well. So long as he keeps that bokken at his side and not where it can be used...]

[recycleddestiny.livejournal.com]

Not like I'm not used to fighting before.

[A grin, and the bokken will stay in place as long as there's no reason to bop someone over the head with a wooden katana.]

[reverse-destiny.livejournal.com]

...You fight a lot? ...How're you supposed to use that dinky sword to fight?

[Honestly. What's a wooden sword compared to a real one?]

[recycleddestiny.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I do. And if I had the opportunity to grab something more useful, I would've.

[Hey, don't dis the sword - though he would've preferred taking an actual katana with him as well, but it's a little late for that now.]