hahahailtotheking | IC: Ye big ol' plot-exposition post!

IC: Ye big ol' plot-exposition post!

[In this thread: The Kingdom Hearts cast cabin. The situation: Mickey Mouse and Aqua discussing what's been, and what is to come in their craaaazy lives. Of course, if anyone else wants to use this thread to have their characters duly informed, don't hesitate to tag in! The exposition-party is hereby open to all you little heart-kids!]

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She was telling me... I wouldn't fade. That neither the light, nor the darkness, could ever destroy me. That I shouldn't be afraid of either one, because both of them would make me stronger. She told me... to face the darkness inside my heart, to look into it without fear, without giving in. That if I could do that... nothing could trap me again. That I could find my way to my friends again. Even if I was afraid to face them...

Right then, having her on my side... I did feel strong enough.

*okay... now it's my turn to be silent*

... Aqua?

*s-scuse me, something got in my eye*

Hmm? Oh, sorry... go on.

[... I don't wanna make you cry :( but okay]

... So, I gathered the darkness around me, there in the light. And that's when I finally realized.

The Sora who'd attacked me wasn't a memory. But he wasn't the real Sora, either.

... Zexion's specialty was illusions, after all.

*nods* So he was mimicking Sora?

Yeah. Fooled me completely, at first.

But even he couldn't hide his smell, even in all that light. The darkness guided me straight to him.

So your ability to "smell" the darkness helped you uncover the truth?

*not going to say it, but thinks that's actually pretty clever*

More than once. Saved me a fight on the next floor, too.

*listening!*

There was one more world card - after I got out of the Destiny Islands copy, Ansem started acting up again... but that time, Mickey was there in person to help me.

He said - the card had found him, in the realm of darkness, and guided him to the castle. I still dunno why - at the time, I'd never been to that world. When I went into the card-world it created, it wasn't anyplace I recognized.

... But there was someone I recognized. Wanna take a guess who?

Master Xe--Ansem, Seeker of Darkness?

Yyyyup. There was the usual spiel, submit to the darkness, blah blah blah, but the thing was...

His scent wasn't right either. I didn't know who he was... but he wasn't Ansem. I'd know Ansem's stink anywhere... and I wasn't smelling it on this guy.

Turned out, it was DiZ. He'd been disguising himself as Ansem at least part of the time I was coming up through the castle - prodding me along, so I'd fight. Fight the darkness, and fight Ansem.

You don't think he was trying to manipulate you too?

Oh, I know he was. He's a jerk. But he wasn't my enemy. And he must've been friends with Mickey for some reason.

Anyway, he said he had a choice for me to make. That I was... special, balanced between light and darkness. He wanted me to go meet Naminé, learn more, and then choose.

*doesn't like the sound of that*

Choose what?

He didn't tell me. I had to go meet Naminé first. So, I did.

[pauses for a moment, a melancholy look passing over his face. but he's still raw enough from talking about Destiny Islands - Aqua can hear about the Replica later.]

...As soon as I met her, I realized it wasn't the first time. She'd been the one who saved me, in the light. She smelled just the same.

And... Sora was there, too. The real Sora. He was asleep already - to get his memories back.

So, it wasn't Kairi? It was Naminé?

...right, because the Organization was trying to use him.

Right. Although... you could say it was Kairi, in a way.

[he nods]

The choice I was supposed to make... was whether to let her use her powers to lock my memories if the darkness. Kinda like what she was doing to Sora's memories of what happened in the castle. If she did that, I'd forget all about Ansem... I'd be just the way I was before. And Ansem would be sealed away, never to control me again.

All I'd have to do would be to sleep, and trust in Naminé.

But you choose not to.

The whole time... I'd been running from the darkness. The Organization, the Replica, even Ansem - they were all right when they said I was just running away. Sure, Naminé's plan might have worked, and it would've been nice not to have to worry anymore... But in the end, wasn't it - wasn't it still just running away?

If there's one thing I'd learned, it was that fearing the darkness is just another way of letting it control you. I was done running.

So rather than give yourself the opportunity to live with the light, you've chosen to accept your decision. Even if that meant you had to live with your darkness forever?

*not sure what to say about that, really*

I didn't get rid of Ansem completely, even when I fought him in Castle Oblivion. He might not even be entirely gone now - but if he's there, it's such a faint trace that I can't tell.

The darkness in my heart is still there. But now it's my darkness. The darkness that showed me the way when I was lost, and gave me the power to help my friends.

It's a part of my heart... nestled side-by-side with my light.

*hmmm :|a*

... so, that's what happened.

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