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dreamcrystals2023-05-05 04:29 pm
retrieves) wrote in dreamcrystals2023-05-05 04:29 pm
Entry tags:
- ira,
- ken amada,
- kor meteor,
- link (botw),
- riku,
- sora,
- vanitas
i'm terrified of seeing
Sender: Riku
To: Everyone
Subject: passive dream recording, network post
Everything is dark, too dark.
The sound of a heartbeat drums in his ears, and he's not sure if it's his or not. He's not supposed to be afraid of the darkness anymore, but there's a panic rising as he's in this blackness without ending.
Submit.
The sound of the voice is a physical and mental gut punch -- he doubles over, gasping for breath. But something's coming out of his mouth instead of oxygen. It's more darkness, seeping out of the pores of his body.
The feeling of something hitting him between the shoulder blades knocks him to the ground, and suddenly the light is so bright that he's temporarily blinded. When his sight finally adjusts, he realizes he's in a purely white room, with what looked like marble pillars. Marble steps. White marble everything.
His panic rises, and he feels like he's fifteen all over again. His Keyblade won't answer his call. Nothing would.
"You thought you'd tugged the last of me out of you, boy." A man said, looking down at Riku as he still gasps for any sort of breath that he can take. "You can't make peace with darkness."
"I...did..." Riku gritted out, and he forces himself to his feet, slowly, painfully. He feels like very air is trying to crush him down, down into the marble floor and past that, into oblivion.
There's still darkness pouring out of him. Every breath he takes clouds dark around his head, but he can still see Ansem through it.
"You never will." Ansem says, moving forward to grab Riku's chin. He flinches, and tries to tug it away, but his grip is too strong. "I've taken your heart twice, now. Both by choice. When are you going to welcome me into your heart again? The third time will stick."
Finally, there's a release in the pressure. He's able to summon a Keyblade, and he swings, but something catches it before he can even touch Ansem. It growls at him and throws him back, and he lands on his back onto the white floor, looking up and gasping for breath.
"I would've expected more from a so-called Master." Ansem says lightly as he walks over to Riku. The guardian watches from behind him coolly, as if waiting for Riku to take the next swing. "That is what they call you now, correct?"
"...Yes." Riku grunts, and he rolls over. But Ansem puts a boot on his chest and Riku cries out, feeling like there's ten tons of weight on his body, pushing him down all over again.
"What a Master. Still afraid of me." Ansem says, kneeling down now and grabbing Riku by the hair and picking him up slightly. "Look at yourself."
Riku's forced to look at the marble below, and there's a figure of himself staring back, with yellow eyes. Shrouded in darkness.
"That'll be you soon, boy."
Darkness starts to seep out of every pore in Riku's body. Every breath he takes is another cloud, and he coughs when he feels like it starts to choke him. It becomes thick, and there's so much darkness--
And then Ansem shoves him under, into a pool of it that's under him, and he feels like he's drowning.
[and then, a little later, there's a message.]
i know it's kind of late so feel free to ignore it.
is there anyone around to spar with tonight?
To: Everyone
Subject: passive dream recording, network post
Everything is dark, too dark.
The sound of a heartbeat drums in his ears, and he's not sure if it's his or not. He's not supposed to be afraid of the darkness anymore, but there's a panic rising as he's in this blackness without ending.
Submit.
The sound of the voice is a physical and mental gut punch -- he doubles over, gasping for breath. But something's coming out of his mouth instead of oxygen. It's more darkness, seeping out of the pores of his body.
The feeling of something hitting him between the shoulder blades knocks him to the ground, and suddenly the light is so bright that he's temporarily blinded. When his sight finally adjusts, he realizes he's in a purely white room, with what looked like marble pillars. Marble steps. White marble everything.
His panic rises, and he feels like he's fifteen all over again. His Keyblade won't answer his call. Nothing would.
"You thought you'd tugged the last of me out of you, boy." A man said, looking down at Riku as he still gasps for any sort of breath that he can take. "You can't make peace with darkness."
"I...did..." Riku gritted out, and he forces himself to his feet, slowly, painfully. He feels like very air is trying to crush him down, down into the marble floor and past that, into oblivion.
There's still darkness pouring out of him. Every breath he takes clouds dark around his head, but he can still see Ansem through it.
"You never will." Ansem says, moving forward to grab Riku's chin. He flinches, and tries to tug it away, but his grip is too strong. "I've taken your heart twice, now. Both by choice. When are you going to welcome me into your heart again? The third time will stick."
Finally, there's a release in the pressure. He's able to summon a Keyblade, and he swings, but something catches it before he can even touch Ansem. It growls at him and throws him back, and he lands on his back onto the white floor, looking up and gasping for breath.
"I would've expected more from a so-called Master." Ansem says lightly as he walks over to Riku. The guardian watches from behind him coolly, as if waiting for Riku to take the next swing. "That is what they call you now, correct?"
"...Yes." Riku grunts, and he rolls over. But Ansem puts a boot on his chest and Riku cries out, feeling like there's ten tons of weight on his body, pushing him down all over again.
"What a Master. Still afraid of me." Ansem says, kneeling down now and grabbing Riku by the hair and picking him up slightly. "Look at yourself."
Riku's forced to look at the marble below, and there's a figure of himself staring back, with yellow eyes. Shrouded in darkness.
"That'll be you soon, boy."
Darkness starts to seep out of every pore in Riku's body. Every breath he takes is another cloud, and he coughs when he feels like it starts to choke him. It becomes thick, and there's so much darkness--
And then Ansem shoves him under, into a pool of it that's under him, and he feels like he's drowning.
[and then, a little later, there's a message.]
i know it's kind of late so feel free to ignore it.
is there anyone around to spar with tonight?