Kingdom Hearts: SfE Part 2 - The Final Keyhole and the Mark of Mastery

The image flickered away, as if never existing.
Eden side-stepped an artfully performed pounce, which had made the pouncer groan loudly in frustration. "Good to see you're still as active as ever." she smirked. "A Thief always needs to be on her toes."
"Meh, I would have caught you!" It was Valerie, sticking her tongue at the pyro. "You Time Witches and your stupid flash steps!"
"I'm the only one, you doofus." She smirked, rubbing Valerie's head.

 

"Well... we came out here to get you. Have you had your fill of adventure now?"Riku asked. "For now..."Valerie said, definately wanting some water. "Great. I guess now we just head back to the gummi ship then!"Kurix said. "You can rest up below deck. uh...if you see Eden, try not to panic..."Roxas said. "why would I panic?"Valerie asked, handing Rikus bag back to the silverette. "You'll see..."Riku said. Valerie just rolled her eyes, heading below deck. She felt alittle shaky, but just took it as her dehydration.

 

OOC: Aw hurry up and finish the world already! I'm bored of having Gexln standing around on his own, and he has no reason to use a dark corridor to travel so FASTER

 

ooc: But something is going on that you could JOIN IN when you GO ON SKYPE FOR ME TO TELL YOU

With a few parting farewells, Eden left Valerie once more with a bunch of frogs and an odd machine that seemed to be expelling some sort of green goo into jars. She left to the darkness once more, eyes scanning for something. She smiled a bit, teleporting into a land that seemed to be comprised of lava and steel frameworks of the clock variety. Stepping onto the gears that primarily made the ground, she smirked as no heat was felt. "Now where is he...? Should be here." she muttered, strolling around in wide paces.

 

As the ship approached Tortuga for the return trip, Riku was actually suprised that the ride had been so quiet. "What do you think happened to Valerie?"he asked. "You know how long she's been gone. I wouldn't be suprised if she had passed out below deck."Roxas rolled his eyes. Kurix seemed more concerned about it, sneaking away to check on Valerie. "Why do you think they've been doing worse than we have...?"Riku asked. "Well, they're not used to it for one.... and two, not everyone can have the stamina that you have after you've been in darkness for so long."Roxas said, not even trying to sound nice for Riku.

 

Within this dream world and the land of reality, Eden did shiver quite a bit as a dark presence filled her dream. It wasn't due to fear, no no. This was due to the cold, and odd familiarity. "Hey Grim. Just dropping by to see you. I need to get going, lots of dead people to assist." With that, before even a good look as the one she called 'Grim', she fluttered off into a black nothingness her mind perceived as the Void of her own dreamland.

 

Once the ship made port, Riku took a deep breath. "Well, looks like we'll be carrying Eden to the gummi ship."he sighed. "Make that her and Val. The poor girl passed out...probably from exhaustion."Kurix came above deck carrying the passed out brunette girl bridal style. "Huh. Looks like that 'adventure' took alot out of her..."Roxas chuckled. "Looks like you were right, Roxas."Riku sighed, going down to carry Eden. Kurix looked at Valerie, hoping whatever was going on with Eden wasn't contagious.


OOC:Not really sure what to do for my chars little.... void dream sequence yet so just.... trying to think of something._.;

 

ooc: You could go on msn and we could try to brainstorm with Glen.
bic: A pull. She felt a pull. The so called 'Time Witch' came into a bubble. A 'Dream Bubble', to be precise. It belonged to someone dead, sauntering about their bubble with some annoyance. "Hello honey." she chirped, living eyes staring into white dead ones.

 

OOC:I think I have... something.
BIC: Kurix carried Valerie out of the ship, Riku carefully carrying Eden. "Alright. Lets head to the gummi and get these to lay down on something more comfortable."Riku said. "Obviously..."Roxas muttered.
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Meanwhile, Valerie had fallen into her own little void when she had passed out. Obviously, her 'dream world' was different from Edens, more like Earth. Only the people were...different. They had something to represent what year of the chinese Zodiac they were. Those that were to the rooster of the zodiac had feathered wings to help them soar. Snakes and Horses of the zodiac had the lower half of the animal they represented. The Dragons had the most drastic changes-claws, horns, and webbed wings like a bats on their backs. The goats of the zodiac had tiny horns on their head, Cows having the same but with black and white patterns on parts of their skin. The rest- boar, pig, rat, monkey, tiger, and rabbit- had features like ears and tails, the tigers having distinctive stripes.

Valerie had a pair of beagle ears and a tail to match, not even realizing anything was amiss.

OOC:Just going with this for now, I guess....XD

 

Eden smiled, running into the arms of her dead loved one. His white suit tattered, stained by a red wound in his chest. "Hey honey." she almost purred, arms tight against him. He stared, lost with no expression. An echo of a smile did grace his face.
"Hey." he sighed, holding her tightly.
Within the almost eternal moment, a grimace fell upon her. The eternal was cut short. "I have to go, I... Timelines to keep track of... People to kill, timelines to remain doomed..." she almost choked, but left quite quickly. He waved her goodbye without much else a thought. Floating within the void of her dreams, she landed in another world, one she did not purposefully go into. Men with bull horns, children with sharp little wings... People slithering by with only a tail.
"Curioso and curiouso...." she mumbled, waltzing about with her god tier outfit. With her chin held high, she almost expected to be praised as a Goddess of sorts. She perceived herself as higher, what a prideful fool.

 

"wait..."Roxas paused, causing Riku and Kurix to stop. "Shouldn't Kurix be carrying Eden and you carrying Valerie, Ri? we're heading to different gummi ships..."he said. "Oh...right..."Kurix gave a nervous chuckle. "whatever..."Riku muttered.
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Valerie heard people passing by her talking a bout a weird stranger, a ears pricking up. "someone new? someone strange...? this might be fun..."she went off to look for this 'mysterious person'.

 

It was easily noticable that Eden was the odd one out, but she didn't hide it either. Just walking around in her god tier uniform, surveying the area. No time powers. No flying. Not just yet. One needed to confront her, insult her... maybe.
ooc: Witch of time

 

Valerie noticed the strange person, very curious. She doesn't look like she has a zodiac animal to her. Can't see if she has ears... not a dragon. or a cow. or a goat...maybe a sheep though... or a horse. or a snake...maybe a rabbit...?she came out of hiding, going up to Eden. "Hi there!"she gave a friendly wave.

 

With a smirk, she pulled down her hood with one hand, staring at the strange dog-eared one in the eyes. Her other grabbed a card from a deck kept in a little case. "Yes child? What is it?" There was a definite glow to her eyes, it almost felt powerful. The Witch's foot was tapping, in time to an unseen metronome. She almost wanted to fight. Almost.

 

Valerie gave a sharp gasp at the sight of the womans lack of animal ears. "wow, your ears are really weeeird!"she gently tugged at the 'strange' ears. "Oh! Sorry!"she let go,realizing she was being rude. "Are you from around here? I've never seen someone like you before..."she said in awe.

 

As the dog-eared one tugged at her ears, the Witch decided it best to summon what was on her card. It was a sword, fit for the finest of Knights. "I am who I am. You should know, I am the Witch of Time. Now kneel." she hissed, eyes glowing to demonstrate what the degree of her power was. "I come from the Land of Metronomes and Papyrus. And I am not afraid to fight if needed."

 

Valerie instantly yelped, doing what this 'Witch of Time' wanted in fear of being struck by the sword. "I'm too young to be decapitated!"she said.
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"yeesh. She's a deep sleeper..."The group got to their own gummis, Riku and Kurix switching who they were carrying. "well, lets wait for the others to come back before we go anywhere."Roxas sighed. Riku went ahead to set Valerie down on a bed in the rest area of his gummi. Once arriving, however... Sora was on one of the beds, an arm draped over little Kisa next to him. Both were fast asleep, Sora snoring gently. Chester was resting on top of Sora, still a neutral gray color. Riku looked at the scene as he set Valerie down on a bed, giving a soft chuckle.

 

With a smirk, the sword vanished into the Ace it had been. "Good. It is wise not to cross me. Now, dog, what is this world?" She watched the crowd that formed around her, many whispering worry.

 

Valerie tilted her head at the question. what is this...what? Okay, she's definately not from around here.... "Um...this is Zodiarus.... and you're from...?"

OOC:First thing that popped into my head, don't want to think of any other names for the 'dream world'.XD

 

ooc: *shrugs* I dunno, the Land name I made up to fit the theme of time
bic: "As I have said, knave, I am from the Land of Metronomes and Papyrus." She eyed the other members of this world, particularly the bulls and dragons. "So... are any in this World strong? I do not wish to make fights... but-- Oh..." She grimaced, kicking up to float. "Have to go kill someone. I shall be back soon."