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✰ Post your character, name, and series in the subject. Include any preferences as well.
✰ WELCOME TO NEW YORK CITY FOR A DAY. What will you do?
✰ Go to RNG and enter 1-6 for a scene type, and 1-20 for a scene to play out.
✰ Have fun!

TYPE OF SCENE.

① Action → Gun fights, bar brawls, fights to the death are all possible scenarios.
② Angst → Characters suffer emotionally or physically from relationships breaking up, death, injury, etc. Hurt and comfort themes are included.
③ Crack → Genderswaps, super powers, sudden compulsions are all possible outcomes.
④ Fluff → Something that is devoid of angst. It's light-hearted and might have the overtone of romance.
⑤ Gen → General fun, things that didn't fit in the other categories.
⑥ Your choice → Think of your own scenario, choose one of the above or make a combo even!

ACTION.

① Zombies → It's the zombie apocalypse, lock and load!
② Bar brawl → You had one too many drinks, said something wrong, and now you're being asked to take it outside.
③ Chase → You're caught in a high speed chase.
④ Gun fight → You're caught in a big shoot-out.
⑤ Fight with a friend → You're fighting with a friend, all out.
⑥ Interrogation → You're being interrogated for some offense you've done.
⑦ Aliens → Aliens are attacking and you're not going to take your probe laying down!
⑧ Final battle → This is it. The battle that will end all the fighting for you. Will you win? Will you get that peace you want?
⑨ Training → You're not actually fighting, just training for the inevitable.
⑩ No hope → You know this fight has no hope. It's not going to end well for anyone involved, but you can't turn away.
⑪ Sneaking in → You're stealing a diamond or sneaking in to kick some bad guy butt, but whatever it is, you have to practice stealth.
⑫ Blue wire → You're faced with a bomb that needs to be disarmed.
⑬ Fight for honour → You've been disgraced or someone you care about has, so it's time to fight for honour.
⑭ Showdown → Time for a cowboy-style showdown. Whoever draws the fastest wins.
⑮ War → You're caught in the middle of a war here. Remember to keep your chin up and keeping fighting.
⑯ Apocalypse → The apocalypse finally happened and now you're left to scavenge and fight for whatever is left.
⑰ Sabotage → It's time to sabotage someone's plan! How is entirely up to you. Do you set up a bomb in their toilet? Do you double cross them at the last minute?
⑱ Big damn hero → You know you have to handle this one alone, so that means disarming or knocking unconscious the person who wants to join you.
⑲ Fight club → You know the rules... you're in an underground fighting ring and you're fighting with all you've got.
⑳ Threaten → You've just been sent here to rough them up a little, threaten them into behaving.

ANGST.

① Injury / illness → Your character has become injured or ill! To what extent is the mun's choice.
② Last moments → You character has been gravely injured and this is their last chance to say their last words.
③ Depression → Your character is depressed, what actions they take is up to the mun.
④ Betrayed → You character has been betrayed by the other. How do they react?
⑤ Tortured → Your character is being tortured and needs rescuing or at least a sympathetic ear to help him through it.
⑥ Jealousy → Your character is feeling jealous and must deal with it, how will they do it?
⑦ Breakup! → This relationship has gone as far as it can, it's time to breakup.
⑧ Broken → For whatever reason, the character is broken, mentally or or physically.
⑨ Fight → You can't even be in the same room as your friend or lover without arguing anymore.
⑩ Lost → You lost the biggest fight of your life and now all you can do is try to pick up the pieces.
⑪ Worst nightmare → Whatever you fear the most is now real or maybe you're just trapped in a dream together, but whatever it is, it feels too real.
⑫ Addicted → You're addicted to something, alcohol, drugs, sex, whatever. It's destroying your life and you can't do anything to stop it.
⑬ Hurt you → You're being forced to hurt someone you love either by betraying them or even being forced to shout things you don't mean. It's for their own good in the end though.
⑭ Separation → You were forced to leave this person for their own safety and while you've been miserable without them, you really didn't mean to run into them again... maybe it was by accident or you were watching them from afar this whole time.
⑮ Becoming a monster → You are slowly changing, becoming a monster: vampire, zombie, demon, something you can't recover from and no-one can help you.
⑯ Frozen → You are entirely helpless, frozen, to stop some kind of disaster.
⑰ Prison → You were very bad and now it's time to pay the price by turning yourself in or maybe the law just finally caught up to you.
⑱ Fear → You're not sure why, but you are suddenly terrified and you can't deal with it. You need help.
⑲ Hated → You are now hated by the person you loved the most.
⑳ Down and out → You're living on the streets, you've hit rock bottom, and you don't know what to do.

CRACK.

① Sexswap → Uh-oh, you're suddenly the opposite sex!
② Forced confessions → No matter what it is and no matter how hard you resist, you're going to be compelled to spill some deep dark secret!
③ Mind-reading → You've suddenly got the ability to read minds!
④ Animal → You're suddenly part animal or transformed into an animal!
⑤ Awkward pick-up lines → You're compelled to use bad pickup lines on whoever is closest!
⑥ Back in School / Graduated → You're suddenly back in school! Or if you were already in it, you've aged and long since graduated!
⑦ Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, oh my! → You're suddenly a vampire, werewolf, or zombie! Maybe even a demon or a devil, whatever creepy crawly you can think of. What do you do now?
⑧ Ghost → You're suddenly a ghost or at least invisible. What are you going to do with this new ability?
⑨ Awkward conversations → So did you just fart or what? Any conversation goes, as long as it's embarrassing and awkward.
⑩ Crossdressing → For whatever reason, you're suddenly dressed in clothes of the opposite sex.
⑪ Suddenly naked → Oops! Your clothes are suddenly gone.
⑫ Suddenly a kid → You're a kid again! Have fun with that second childhood.
⑬ Fortune cookie → You've suddenly received a note with something that will happen in the future, either precise or vague.
⑭ Super power → And suddenly you're like Superman! Any power goes.
⑮ Bodyswap → Somehow you've changed bodies with the other person.
⑯ Back in time → Somehow, you wound up in the past again. Do you try to correct something or just sit and wait for time to jump? Maybe it jumps to various points in your life or maybe you actually think you're back in the day. Have fun, run wild with the idea!
⑰ To the future → Is it everything you've dreamed? Is it horrible? Whatever happens, you're here to witness what happens to you in the future. Either you take the place of your future self or you're just there to watch. Might cause some confusion if people start seeing double though...
⑱ Angels, mermaids, and fairies! → You're not necessary something dark or evil. You're just something different. How do you deal?
⑲ Locked in a closet → For some reason, you're locked up in a closet with someone else. Do you make nice and try to figure your way out or what?
⑳ Finger trap → You're caught in a Chinese finger trap... with somebody else! You can't figure out how to get loose either... have fun with that.

FLUFF.

① Cuddling → For whatever reason, characters feel like being close and cuddling.
② Pillow talk → After the main event, characters are up for some pillow talk.
③ Celebration → Anniversary or some other big event is taking place and characters want to celebrate!
④ Love confession → Someone has finally decided to confess their love and today is the day!
⑤ Appreciation → You feel the need to show appreciation for that person closest to you, even if it's just a pat on the back.
⑥ Apologies → You made a mistake and now it's time to make it up in some way you know the other can't refuse!
⑦ Get back together → Why did you break up again exactly? Whatever the reason, it was a huge mistake and you both know you can work through it.
⑧ Date night → You've planned for a wonderful night together and you can't wait to get it started.
⑨ Family → You've either found out you're pregnant or you've already got that addition to your family.
⑩ Marriage → You're just about to get hitched or maybe you're enjoying your honeymoon. Maybe you've been together for years now! Whatever the case, it's time for that next big step.
⑪ Meeting again → It's time for that happy reunion finally!
⑫ Love at first sight → For whatever reason, you are now insanely in love with the first person you set eyes on.
⑬ Flirtation → You can't resist to do a little bit of harmless flirtation all of a sudden.
⑭ In the snow → Look outside! It's a winter wonderland, so why not go out and play in it?
⑮ Engagement → You've planned it all out and now it's time to finally pop the question.
⑯ Friendly games → You've set up the game station or board games for a friendly competition!
⑰ Gift → Time to give that special someone a gift just because.
⑱ Recovery → You're taking care of someone who's just recovered from some illness or injury.
⑲ Healing → Time to help mend that someone who's been through hell and back.
⑳ Better than ever → You've finally got everything you've ever wanted here. What is your ideal life and who does it include?

GEN.

① Nice meeting you → It's your first time meeting this person! You bumped into each other on the street, in a bar, at work... whatever!
② Drinks → You're out for drinks! Or just chilling at home with some beers. Wherever!
③ Lost → You're lost and you kind of need help finding your way to where you're going. A little help with directions?
④ Costume party → You're at a costume party, both of you are wearing masks. Do you keep the anonymity or take it off and see whose company you've been enjoying?
⑤ Wrong number → Oops, actually you didn't mean to call that person...
⑥ Drunk → You're already drunk! Drunk dialing, stumbling into someone, showing up unexpected... what type of drunk are you anyway? Aggressive, loving, happy? How does the other react?
⑦ Old friends → you haven't seen this person in a long time!
⑧ Rivals → you're suddenly rivals! Or maybe you have been all along...
⑨ Problems → you've got a problem with each other, just got in a huge fight, whatever. Try to work it out!
⑩ What are your intentions... → This person? They're dating a close friend, family member, etc. You need to find out if they're going to hurt them! Or you need to discuss your friend/family's dating choice.
⑪ I saw you → you saw the other person doing something bad and you need to confront them about it.
⑫ Sorry but no → the other person has feelings that you just don't share. They don't necessarily have to be romantic... maybe you just don't agree with their sudden desire to quit their job and start a business making tiny, fuzzy teddy bears.
⑬ My hero → you need to tell this person how much they mean to you. They've been your best friend or your role model your whole life and they need to know.
⑭ Enabler → you're enabling the other (or each other) to do something bad, really bad. Addiction, stealing, killing, or just any other self-destructive behavior.
⑮ Cooking → Time for an impromptu cooking lesson!
⑯ Oh, sure, I remember you... → It's that awkward moment when someone comes up and seems to know you, but you have no idea who they even are!
⑰ Rescue! → One of you was in trouble, but you came to the rescue!
⑱ Boss → One of you works under the other. Is your relationship good? Are you scheming things? Or do you hate each other?
⑲ Perfect crime → You and the other person have just pulled off the perfect crime... or you're planning to! What are you doing? The heist of the century, an assassination?
⑳ Movies → movie night! Maybe it's a sleepover. Whichever the case, it's time to eat a lot and have fun.

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Ven!?

[He sure knew that name, by the way he jumped up so high and how agape his mouth is.]

Then that means.... [Terra's there?] What did he look like? And what was the world like?

W-well... [The King recognized that name? So, this wasn't just something Xehanort would've done to mess with him?

Sora's getting the feeling that what he says next could be Very Important.] I couldn't see his face at all when I fought him - he was wearing this red and gold suit of armor - but that world was...

[His mouth goes dry, thinking about it - and not just from remembering the heat on that world. He could bear the heat easily enough, but something about that place...] It's ... pretty barren - I didn't see any plants anywhere. There were sandstorms and a lot of large cliffs, and the ground looked completely dry.

[But the worst detail sends a shiver up his spine, and the feeling he'd had when he first went there returns.] There were hundreds of Keyblades everywhere, sticking out of the ground. It might have been thousands - there was a lot there that I didn't see.

[And the shock fades into a bit of pale horror.]

...The Keyblade Graveyard.

[Mickey looks to the portal, then to the two boys again.]

Sora, I dunno how ya managed ta do it, but ya may have found what's left of a good pal of Aqua an' Ven's there. A pal no one's seen in about ten years.

[and then, his gaze falls squarely on Riku.]

Ya may not like what yer about ta see, Riku. If ya say he was there, then...

[Aqua... was that the lady's name? He pushes the thought aside for now, because something was focused on him.]

I know.

[He can see the worry in his friend's face, and he can almost taste the tension in the air at the very thought about going through that portal again, but his mind was made up.]

But if he's really there, even just a remnant... then I have to talk to him.

[Even if it means trying to wear him down and praying to Kingdom Hearts they don't lose a buttcheek or something.]

Aqua...? [Oh. When did Sora's hand go over his heart? Was that her name?

And why did hearing that cause this warm feeling inside him, even when the thought of going to that world again terrified him?

But if Riku was going...] All right. Let's go.

[Sora heads through first - if the guy in the armor wants to pick another fight, it might as well be him.]

[On the other side of the portal, the winds are gusting through at their usual rate, sand carried along with astonishing ease. Just as described, there are hundreds of dead Keyblades stuck in the ground of this barren wasteland.

But in the center, in one of the few clearings, kneels the figure in the red and gold armor, hands propped up on the hand guard of his Keyblade.

With the winds acting the way they are, it's easy to hear them cutting and ringing through the hollow shell that is the armor. You can't mistake the ringing of empty metal for anything else.]

[Riku follows right behind, soon followed by Mickey. Though when they meet the wasteland, no matter how much they warned him about it, he can't help but feel the overwhelming dread lingering in the air. It was almost enough to give him goosebumps.

What actually did the job, however, was the armor in the clearing in front of them.]

...Sora? [Is he hearing things or-? No, there's no way he is hearing things.] It's empty.

It... is? [He frowns, puzzled, and closes his eyes to listen better.

Sure enough, there's that sound - wind cutting through empty armor. He opens his eyes and looks back at the armor, only for him to go completely white.] Riku...?

[He just. Gulps. This makes the fight he had with the guy (with it?) even more terrifying.] If it's empty... then how is it looking up at us?

[No, Sora's not imagining it. The armor's helm is no longer hanging down, but looking up and right at it's sudden visitors.

Then the helm turns, 'eyes' falling right on Sora.] You return, young Bearer.

[Oh. Shit. It talks. Words carried on the wind, with a metallic ring to them.] If you wish to challenge me again, I will not dissuade you. However, all I have left to offer you is my hatred of Xehanort.

[The 'head' then turns, looking right at Riku. A few seconds of silence hang in the air, before it speaks again.] You... I know you...

[It's not getting up. Yet. Only continuing to talk. It almost sounds as if talking is putting a strain on it, somehow. But the words this time carry no anger, no sense of fatigue. Just an odd sense of 'happy' and 'proud'.] It looks like... you found me, friend.

[W e l p.]

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[Oh crap it's looking right at them and it's talking and he knows that voice. It's the same voice he remembers from his childhood, the one on the beach...]

...Yeah. Took me long enough, huh.

[Somewhere in there, there's a bit of embarrassment. ...Somewhere.]

I didn't expect you... to find me like this. [Now the fatigue is returning, as if just talking takes a lot out of it. Perhaps it's the concentration needed to actually remember words.

The 'head' dips a little, the shoulders sag, giving an air of sadness and regret.] I am... glad... that you made it this far... Keyblade Master.

[... it's an empty suit of armor, but it could still tell. Not sure if creepy or kind of cool.]

I kind of... know what you mean.

[He glances over to Sora, then the suit of armor again, unconsciously taking a step towards it. He remembers well when Kairi stopped him from leaving, back when he was effectively "stuck" in Xehanort's form.

...Did it really have to mention his new title, because he just fidgeted a bit.]

I-I still have a lot to learn--

[RIKU....]

Then... we'll swap stories, when all is made right again. [If it could laugh - if it had enough in it to remember laughter, it would be doing so now.

Riku. Riku, let the sentient suit of armor tell you a secret.] No one... not even a Master... ever stops learning.

[Even it didn't stop learning.]

Edited 2014-06-08 09:07 (UTC)

[Sora just meets Riku's eyes, then looks back at the armor himself, unaware that a hand has gone over his heart. Something... something hurts inside. Sadness, relief, joy, heartbreak - and he knew, he knew it wasn't coming from his own heart.

Not entirely, anyway.

But... where? And why? It hurt enough that he was barely paying attention to the conversation that the armor was having with Riku - he was too busy trying to puzzle this out.] What's going on?

I'm keeping you to that. [There's a bit of a smirk crossing his lips, but it fades as he waves one hand to the side.] But when is that going to be?

[But that's when he catches Sora's gaze, and feels something's wrong.]

...Sora?

[That catches Mickey's attention too, as he peers around and up to Sora.] What's wrong?

I'm not sure... [That armor was once the guy from the beach. The guy in the dream.

The guy that had smiled down at him and called him Ven. Who had felt like Riku, somehow.

It hurt, thinking that the armor in front of him was really all that was left of that man. But it hurt more than just a passing 'oh, that sucks D:'. This was like...

His hand clenches. This was like seeing Riku again, but seeing him locked in the guise of Xehanort's Heartless. He thinks he knows what's going on now - it had happened a few times before.

He's feeling something for someone else; like he had cried for Roxas, without meaning to.] Terra... what happened?

[Then, he blinks, and he looks shocked. 'Terra'? How had he... No. Figure that out later.

He looks between Riku and Mickey with clear confusion, before settling on Mickey.] What happened to the other two? To Aqua and Ven?

Edited 2014-06-08 09:23 (UTC)

[Oh. Oh, the names catch the armor's attention.] Aqua...? Ven...?

[Congrats, it's looking square at all of you again.] What happened to them? Where... where are my friends?

[Concern crosses Mickey's face even more as he reaches to pat Sora's free hand, before answering.]

...We don't know.

[Though looking between Sora and the armor, he thinks they both deserve an answer.]

After who was possesssin' Ven fell and the X-blade shattered, I found 'em floatin' in the Lanes Between an' took 'em to Yen Sid. But, Ven wouldn't wake up... My Master realized his heart had traveled somewhere else, so Aqua left to take him somewhere safe and find you so ya could wake him up together.

But... that was almost twelve years ago. An' we only got a feelin' where Ven's heart might be. At least, until now.

[Looking up at you, Sora.]

[...!]

...Sora, that night on the beach when you started crying. That was almost twelve years ago, wasn't it?

Huh? [That night twelve years ago? It would've been after they met Aqua, so...

He furrows his brow in thought, as he tries to recall it. It takes him a couple of seconds, but the realization that dawns on him is plain for all to see.] Oh, that's right. Someone was sad, and you told me that I should open my heart up and listen.

[Which... he had. He hadn't understood what had happened at the time, and the memory had been faded and faint. But now?

Now, the memory replays in his mind almost too clearly, the conversation he'd had with the injured heart more easily understood.

An injured heart seeking a safe place to rest and heal, and a little boy granting him that if 'it would make him happy'.

He looks back at Mickey, and then at Riku, and nods.] That must've been him.

[He nods faintly, remembering it as well... though he didn't really know what had happened back then.]

It explains that guy I saw when I dived into your dreams, too. I almost mistook him for Roxas.

[He nods again, before the second sentence catches up to him.] Wait...

[Did he hear that right? ... He heard that right.] He looks like Roxas?!

[o___o]

Yeah. [ Thinking pose. ] Or maybe it's the other way around.

It might be... [Adopting his own thinking pose now.] If Ven was here first, then it's possible.

[What... does that make Roxas Ven'sNobody, in a round-a-bout way? Or was it something else?

... well. If Ven was there in his heart, then...] At least it explains why they both called me that in the dream. But...

[But then again, that dream was meant to make him fall deeper into sleep, so Xehanort could take him over. So then...] How could Xehanort know where Ven was?