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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-07-22 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ i'm crying what do you mean 'but' it's a blade and these are guns ]

The thing you were holding when you came back to yourself for good?

A strange weapon, that.
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[STOP. But "weaponry."]

It's not so strange where I come from. Not... exactly.
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-07-22 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Really? The design of it was fascinating. Weapons can come in so many shapes - I wish I could see more of them.

[ ... after a moment of thought: ]

But not in combat?

[ Even if it could be fun. ]
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
[He switches the pistol over to his other hand, so he can hold out his right one. Small orbs of light glimmer into existence and siphon quickly around his hand to form the keyblade from before.

He turns it a bit to test the feel of it in his hand, and then, uh, shows it to her.]


Fun, huh?
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-07-22 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ ignoring that callout because who doesn't love the thrill of a good battle, lux kind of - hops over excitedly to look at his keyblade closer. ]

Oh! Is it enchanted? Like a Sentinel's weapon? But it doesn't look anything like those. I wish that I could just summon a weapon. I wonder if that's something you can do with wands?
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Lux, please find and know peace.]

It's... [Hm. I hate Kingdom Hearts.] Hard to explain, I guess. I can wield it because my heart is strong enough. So I guess, technically, my heart summons it.
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-07-22 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
So it is kind of like Sentinel weapons...!

I've heard that their guns and crossbows don't even have triggers. They just have to channel their souls into the light that they fire.
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
I guess so?

[Said in the "I don't have a clue what this means" sort of way.]

It's... kind of like that, yeah. They're used to save worlds whose hearts are threatened by darkness. The Heartless, and things like that.
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-07-22 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds impressive.

[ The black mist. ]

Then you've saved worlds before?
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Mist...?]

I--well, that was a little more of Sora's thing. I was... [Being an idiot...] Anyway, um.

I've helped save one or two.
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-07-22 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
That isn't something to downplay.

One or two worlds? It takes many to protect a single kingdom!
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[His laugh is short and more of a snort than anything.]

I guess... the smaller the thing is you want to protect, the harder it is to protect it. Like a kingdom, or... your heart maybe.
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-07-22 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
When I was little, it always felt as if Demacia was the whole world.

But you're right. It's small.

[ no comment on the heart thing. she is so tired of thinking about hearts in, like, any context. ]
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Unfortunate that she has to talk to Riku then. Riku Kingdom Hearts.]

What was it like...? Demacia.
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-07-22 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ Perfect. ]

Well, it's a vast kingdom, but its capitol is close to the sea, and just south of the mountains. We see a lot of blue skies and sun, but the air is cool and refreshing. It's surrounded by tall walls to keep us safe, and many buildings are so white that they glow beautifully in the sunlight.

It's always been a shining place.

[ Imperfect and ruined, now. ]
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh boy. Hm.]

Sounds a lot different than an island with little houses.

[...]

Did... something happen?
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-07-22 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah... The king was killed, recently. Along with a number of civilians.

[ Thanks to me. ]
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[I looked for a picture, but couldn't find a good one, but it's fine, I will force Cola to use her imagination. Essentially, Lux gets a blip from his mind of Destiny Island when it is about to be annihilated by darkness and Heartless.

Sometimes, you don't make things better when stuff fucks up.]


Oh... Are you... going to get a new king? I guess... that's one of the problems, huh?
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-07-22 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh, bad. she looks at riku, concerned for a moment?

but: ]


Prince Jarvan IV will take over. This should be a good thing, but... He's still grieving. And that means that he's lashing out.
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[DON'T PERCEIVE. It's fine, it's fine.]

That... makes sense. What do you guys plan to do?
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-07-22 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
It's just me. I'm - not marrying Jarvan. And I'm not joining Sylas's rebellion.

[ and those kind of feel like her only options, so now she's just... Now what? I don't know. I don't know, yet. ]

The rest of Demacia will do as the prince commands. Give more power to the Mageseekers and let them root out any "threat." Create more enemies by their own hand, from within their own walls, who will later seek retribution.
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[He really didn't want to bring anything up because it's... He hates this week! The most! It's personal. It's not... his business. He isn't judging, but he also knows he has NO room to judge even if he thought to.]

You think it's your fault. [HE'S BAD AT THIS.] Do they... also think it's your fault then?
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-07-22 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ They would if they knew. All the witnesses died. Only Garen knows. He must blame me, he has to blame me--

--Lux squirts Riku in the chest, point blank with her water pistol. ]


... Let's have a water fight.
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't--

[He makes a kind of surprised grunt as he shot. It makes the keyblade evaporate into the ether in a cloud of shimmering as he reaches up. There's a funny splotch of darkness from the water soaking his shirt over his heart.

...]


...Better run. I'll give you a headstart.
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-07-22 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! How nice of you.

[ she's still an injured bitch so she's not going to complain about a head start. at least she's got like four weeks of natural healing (haha except for some fresher burns) behind her , so she's not just hobbling anymore.

so she darts off towards the bridge to draw him out towards the rest of campus and everyone else that's playing. ]

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