risingwinds | Twenty-Eighth Shooting Star

[Late at night, those who dare venture the woods may hear a sharp snap. The rustling of leaves, and... a cough? Seems someone's in the neighborhood, though from a distance, it looks like nothing more than a disembodied flame.

Should one venture closer, they'll find Ven with his clothes smudged with dirt, twigs poking outta his hair, and big, baggy circles under his eyes. Quite a departure from his normal, tidier appearance.

He continues on his way towards the village, eventually stopping at the plaza and plopping down at the edge of the fountain. Briefly, he catches glimpses of familiar faces walking by. Fuuko. Terra. Aqua. Vanitas.

Minako...

And each time, he shouts out their names. Tries to get up, but his legs are about as sturdy as rubber, and he finds himself back where he started.

After a while, he finally opens his journal and speaks.]

So, uh... I guess I've been missing a lot, huh? [Cue some sheepish laughter.]

Guess that's what happens when you go to the beach before a big Shift! I couldn't even use the teleporters to get back, so I kinda had to... walk. A lot, and then I got kidnapped.

[Tsk. What a pain.]

I'd ask what was up with that Shift, but I'm honestly just glad it's over. Couldn't even summon my Keyblade while that was going on.

[After a long pause, he heaves a soft sigh.]

Anyway, all these weird ghosts showing up got me thinking... A lot of my friends are gone now. Some have been gone for years. So I guess what I'm trying to say is... well, does anyone wanna be friends? My name's Ventus, and I've been here for a really long time. So if any of you guys are still new, I'm more than happy to give pointers. Or talk about some of my adventures in other worlds, maybe. Just uh... I think I could use some company right now.

[Anything to keep his mind off of those images.]

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It sounds like being a superhero. [ a hint of amusement in her voice. ] I think that superheroes these days all wear armor instead of capes. At least, back in my world it was that way. In fact, one of the bad guys actually wore a cape instead.

As big as a city? That must have been a huge ship. How did it move?

I think it'd be cool to have a cape, though! And can you imagine wearing armor and a cape? I mean, I guess you could get it caught on something, but it'd definitely make a neat costume.

And uh... I think it flew around with some kinda rocket propulsion. The technology was a lot fancier than the stuff I'm used to. There were laser blasters and anti gravity fields. Oh, and I made friends with a genetic experiment!

It would look cool totally. Probably wouldn't be the best for actual fighting though.

That sounds seriously cool, but, uh genetic experiment? That must be some seriously fancy technology. But it wasn't from the world you're originally from?

Yeah. I guess it'd be more of a tripping hazard than anything.

[Heh, heh... Well, it's still fun to think about, at any rate.]

And I don't know the world I'm originally from, but it definitely wasn't from Land of Departure. That world's way too small, and we didn't have any kinda fancy technology.

[ kitty laughs. ] Yeah, probably. I guess if you really wanted a cape with armor though, you could get one of those that only go on like one side of your arm. Like how knights used to wear them.

Land of Departure? That's the name a world? It sounds like an amusement park.

But how would that work? Would it come outta the shoulder?

[For some reason he's having a tough time picturing this. It's a first for him.]

And yup, it's a world. A really small one stuck between the Realm of Light and the Realm of Darkness. There aren't any fancy rides, though. Just cliffs and a whole bunch of waterfalls.

Yeah, something like that. You get something so it like wraps around your shoulder or hangs off your it.

Your... universe sure sounds interesting. I didn't know there were inhabited worlds that small.

Yeah, that's what I've been hearing. But if it makes you feel any better, most of the other worlds I visited were a lot bigger.

Land of Departure's just... different. It's meant to be isolated.

Meant to be isolated? How is a whole world meant to be isolated?

Well, it's hidden between the Realm of Light and the Realm of Darkness. And since all the worlds are separated, the only people who can reach it are Keyblade wielders.

So I guess you could think of it as a world just for us. Though I dunno if it was always like that. Master Eraqus would know better than me.

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