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[stilldontgotit]

[There's something seriously ironic when your friends get kidnapped again and again and you yourself have not... in almost two years.

So, today, as Riku flips through the journal, he takes a moment to speak.]

You know, I've been here for almost two years, and I've never been kidnapped. It's happened to my friends a few times, probably most of the village too... But it's pretty weird.

Anyone else in the same boat? And if not, how long did it take them to get you?

[Hmm... With that taken care of, he tosses up a quick filter.]

Filtered to Terra//100% Unhackable

Hey. You doing okay?

[A little later, he leaves the house, heading out to the Battle Dome. Once there, he sets up the simulation in a strange area full of floating stones and rushing waterfalls. Several different Heartless appear in large numbers.

At first the fight isn't too hard; he's dealt with Heartless before, after all. However, as the fight progresses and the Heartless increase in number, it becomes a bit harder to dodge all of them. One of the Wyverns swoops down from above with its talons at the ready, and Riku has little time to react.

So, without even thinking, he steps back, as darkness envelopes his body. He reappears right behind the Wyvern and has little time to consider what just happened. Instead, he blasts a thundaga spell to finish the beast.

A few minutes pass, and he leaves the battle dome. For the next few hours, passers by can expect to see him opening up dark corridors to test the waters. It's true that he's held back a little with his darkness, but the fact that the portals work again is enough to merit some experimentation. He'll be all over the place within the village and forest. ]

[ooc: Mods okayed the use of dark corridors a while ago, but I never got around to an IC discovery of them on Riku's behalf, so here we go.]

Comments

[voice]

[flaring]

You know if you happen to get kidnapped here soon I'm gonna laugh.

[voice]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't put that past the Malnosso. Still, I've tempted fate before.

[And look where that got him.]

[Voice]

[de_bel_survivor]

[Kouki remembers his first kidnapping and the result of it. Man, that's awkward.]

...Won't saying it like that be jinxing it?

[Voice]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's why I said it.

[A beat.]

To see if they do anything about it.

[He doubts they will, after this long, but who knows? But really, he's mostly just curious.]

[Video]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

I was here a long time before it happened. About ten months.

[Video]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

Ten months, huh? Not bad. I know some people get kidnapped as soon as a month.

[voice]

[justicereigns]

Not to jinx it, but I only seem to get hit by the group things. And even then, not always.

[voice]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

That's the thing about the Malnosso. You never know what they'll do.

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Ah- it's the same with me! I think it'll be two years in a couple of months...

[Voice]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

And here I thought I was the only one.

[Heh.]

Wonder how they decide who gets taken.

[voice]

[flower-of-hell.livejournal.com]

....Just a couple of months.

But they left me alone for a long time after that.

[voice]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

Good. I've seen what they do, even if it's never happened to me. Nobody should go through it.

[Especially not his friends.]

[voice]

[generalflirt]

I'm not sure it's good to brag like that, Riku-kun!

[voice]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

What, you think it'll come back to bite me?

[Filtered / voice]

[erodingearth]

Yeah. Funny to hear you say that.

[And to make this a little relevant...] Never been kidnapped, huh?

[Filtered / voice]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

That's right. Most people get kidnapped at least once during their first year. That's what I don't get.

[He's seen his friends get taken away time and time again.]

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

You've....never been kidnapped?

[Awed, and a bit envious.]

[Voice]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

Not once. Maybe I'm too elusive for their tastes.

[The sarcasm. Can't you hear it?]

[action]

[vanityunbcoming.livejournal.com]

[action]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

[Eventually, he'll catch on, immediately turning around. Riku's not a fan of being stalked.]

[action]

[personafalsify.livejournal.com]

[ You know what pings Heartless? Riku, you should know that this is pinging Rep so hard. And being a Heartless, he has some degree of the same... so guess who is following you, mostly just to try to see wtf you're up to with all these corridors.

Seriously man. What. ]

[action]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

[Oh, it's him.

Riku shrugs, looking a bit indifferent towards his clone.]

[Voice]

[meteorical]

Hey. You're almost asking for it. Don't you dare get taken, Riku.

[She's teasing of course, but the thought has crossed her mind.]

...are you saying that because of...? [You know. Sora and all.]

[Voice]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

Even if they tired, I wouldn't go down without a fight.

[A beat.]

Was it that obvious?

[Action]

[perplexme]

[My name is Roxas, and I have a tendency to stalk people I don't like. Well, the dark corridors are definitely something of interest though and he's soon approaching behind the silver-haired boy to question.]

...you figured out how to use them?

[Action]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

[Someday, Roxas, you will get over that hate. Someday.]

Yeah, but it wasn't on purpose.

[action]

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[Minding his own business in the forest WHEN SUDDENLY, DARKNESS. The chef nearly jumps out of his skin like a frightened cat, but recovers quickly enough]

Watch where you're aiming shithe--!

Oh, Riku. [straightening his tie casually.]

The hell is that?!

[action]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

[Well, then. Of all the things he planned on doing today, scaring Sanji was not one of them.]

It's a dark corridor.