[One would think that after nearly five years of world hopping-slash-too much of that being stuck in a horror tower, Riku would be relieved to return home, to stay there for a month or six and catch a well deserved breath. It's barely been a week since they all returned to Destiny Islands, since they got home and even though Riku is happy to be back, is relishing in just lying back in the sand and not worrying about the Organization (or about games and experiments that have a rather large chance of getting him injured, killed or worse), he's also feeling just a little restless, just a little disconnected from his home and the people around him.
(He hasn't told Sora or Kairi all that much about the tower, about the things that happened there, about the people he's connected to now that are somewhere out in their own world or in the mirror to these ones. He still doesn't know what to tell them or how – he doesn't know how to make them understand something he truly doesn't want them to understand. They are getting more and more curious by the day though and while he's done a superb job at it so far, he knows this is a conversation he can't dodge much longer.)
Tonight, that restlessness has driven him to finally slip out of his own world, into the tower and towards another world from there – he's been busy taking care of things in his own world and hasn't had much time to check in with anyone (and maybe talking with someone who does get it will help him figure out his own troubles now). He is a little surprised when he finds himself in the fairly familiar plaza of Traverse Town's first district, even if something feels just a little different to the last time he's been here, just a little off. He frowns to himself as he follows the backstreets and crosses his arms when he arrives at the Fountain Plaza, an eyebrow rising.]
Well... that's new. Interesting.
[It has him smiling now, the notion to explore those unfamiliar streets and districts is sparking at his curiosity, at the part of him that strives to see new things. He barely blinks when Highwind appears at his shoulder, not after the now years that he's had his Dream Eater partner, though he can't help shaking his head at the bat's excited chirping as it circles the roofs above his head.]
( ( Riku + Ira ) * post Animus stuff ) / 3D!Traverse Town = ???
(He hasn't told Sora or Kairi all that much about the tower, about the things that happened there, about the people he's connected to now that are somewhere out in their own world or in the mirror to these ones. He still doesn't know what to tell them or how – he doesn't know how to make them understand something he truly doesn't want them to understand. They are getting more and more curious by the day though and while he's done a superb job at it so far, he knows this is a conversation he can't dodge much longer.)
Tonight, that restlessness has driven him to finally slip out of his own world, into the tower and towards another world from there – he's been busy taking care of things in his own world and hasn't had much time to check in with anyone (and maybe talking with someone who does get it will help him figure out his own troubles now). He is a little surprised when he finds himself in the fairly familiar plaza of Traverse Town's first district, even if something feels just a little different to the last time he's been here, just a little off. He frowns to himself as he follows the backstreets and crosses his arms when he arrives at the Fountain Plaza, an eyebrow rising.]
Well... that's new. Interesting.
[It has him smiling now, the notion to explore those unfamiliar streets and districts is sparking at his curiosity, at the part of him that strives to see new things. He barely blinks when Highwind appears at his shoulder, not after the now years that he's had his Dream Eater partner, though he can't help shaking his head at the bat's excited chirping as it circles the roofs above his head.]
Well, aren't you being chipper today.
[More than usually anyways.]