hey, Lucy, I remember your name

[wr-npc.livejournal.com]

Who: Any and all allies of the Keybearers
What: Celebrating Aqua's return with a feast and dancing
Where: Disney Castle's throne room
When: Friday, June 25, 2010

Aqua wasn't sure about this. Seeing friends again was one thing, but throwing a big party? She was just as happy to see her friends again after so long, but Mickey - King Mickey, she reminded herself; things had changed quite a bit while she'd been gone - was taking this a little far.

She glanced around the throne room at everything. The food had been laid out beautifully on tables to either side of the room's main walkway (which was now a dance floor, she noticed). Two members of the Royal Guard in formal garb stood by the entrance, waving guests in as they showed their invitations, while the rest of them were inside, chatting with one another. They were probably waiting to do those routines they'd practiced all week. Musicians played in a group to either side of the thrones, providing something for the dancers to move to.

It was all a very nice show, she had to admit. Some of the more fancy things sent her back, bringing forth memories of the Castle of Dreams, and the ball they'd been hosting during her visit. Aqua couldn't help but smile. Maybe he'd gone too far, but... King Mickey certainly knew how to make a girl feel welcome.


Note: This celebration is not necessarily formal, but there will be some people in attendance donned in formal wear. The choice is up to you whether you dress formally or not. Also, feel free to talk to Aqua. She is the guest of honor, after all.

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[thirteenth_brat]

Roxas hadn't quite been able to decide if he wanted to go formal or not for this, but he ultimately settled on just making sure his clothes didn't look a wreck. His favorite shirt and jacket had been torn in whatever battle had given him the scar on his chest and his favorite jeans had a lovely bloodstain that wasn't coming out. Whether it was his blood or not, he really didn't want to know, but either way, that had left him rummaging through some of the clothes that Sora's parents had bought him. Satisfied with a pair loose fitting dark gray jeans and a short sleeved button up shirt, he'd come down to the party.

He wasn't sure he should have though. He'd been following the video game news from Earth and had seen that that video game company wasn't laying off on the stories of the Keyblade. The latest was to detail what had happened about twelve years ago and Aqua was one of the central figures in that story. Roxas wondered how much she'd been told about that, but decided not to say anything. There was another dilemma and Roxas wasn't sure how to take it. He looked like someone Aqua had known and it wasn't just a passing resemblance. Upon seeing that in the game data, he had left off any further news of it, though he wasn't entirely sure if it was because of that. He did plan to play the game anyway, but there was a possibility of getting at least part of the story right now.

So, rather than mingle, Roxas stuck with his usual habits at parties: he hung around by the tables with the food and contented himself with snacking and watching everyone else.

[creepy-son-of-a.livejournal.com]

Seph was not particularly happy to be here. He was still somewhat out of sorts from his attempt at a Dark Corridor and wasn't feeling the least bit social.Not that he felt all that social normally... And yet here he was because someone thought it would be good for him to interact with more than one person.

He was currently leaning against a wall in an out of the way place scanning the room for the person that talked him into coming. She said she'd meet him here but, she was nowhere in sight. Hopefully she was just taking her time.

because I hate seeing this thing so pathetically empty...

[songbird9.livejournal.com]

Song drifted around the room in a sleek, midnight blue dress, from-fitting around her torso but with plenty of extra fabric in the skirt, because swishy dresses were fun. It had been rather disappointing not to be able to do anything fancy with her hair, though, so out of sheer stubbornness, she'd done a tiny little braid to hang down in front of her left ear. Good enough.

Of course, she was here on a personal mission, so the costume was nothing but formality.

She circled the great hall until she caught sight of Aqua, and after waiting long enough so that it wouldn't seem too sudden and imposing, she made her approach, trying to catch the knight's eye wordlessly because she really didn't know how to start.

[wr-npc.livejournal.com]

Suddenly, the hairs on the back of her neck stood up. Aqua knew that feeling; years trapped wandering the Dark Coastline had made such an instinct a necessity to survive - she was being watched.

She assured herself that nothing bad would come of the feeling. They were at a celebration, after all, and only Mickey's allies had been invited. So instead of reacting to the sensation as she normally would, Aqua simply scanned the thickening crowd in an attempt to determination who was causing it. Finally, she found it: a girl, around her own age. The one she'd met in the Dark Realm, who'd thought they knew each other.

Aqua watched her inquisitively as she neared, but didn't speak just yet. A moment of relative silence passed, before she asked, "You want to know why I don't recognize you, don't you?"

[songbird9.livejournal.com]

Well, that solved the conversation starting issue.
"Yes, I... We met, about two years ago, in a dream of sorts..." This was surprisingly difficult to explain since Aqua didn't seem to already know. "...In the subconscious of the construct whom you and Terra created to hold the First Darkness." She looked at Aqua a little helplessly, wondering if any of her words made sense to the knight. Memory issues were an absolute headache.

spoilery things are in white

[wr-npc.livejournal.com]

Aqua listened intently, head tilted. How they would have met in a dream was confusion enough, but in the subconscious of a construct, and to encounter both herself and Terra?

But if she thought about it, it could make sense, in a way. Not so much the meeting in dreams part, but the other things Miss Song had mentioned. But that was all merely speculation. They would probably be better off consulting a true Master about this sort of thing, such as Master Yen Sid.

"I'm sorry," Aqua said, shaking her head. "I don't remember anything like that. Are you sure you were seeing us, and not just... memories of this construct when it knew us? You did say it happened in a dream."


((If you would like to wait to finish this log until after Birth by Sleep is released/you've had a chance to play it, that's perfectly fine. Depends on how badly you want to avoid spoilers.))