the cracks in our memories can't change the bonds in our hearts
Welcome
to Simple and Clean, an au post-3D Kingdom Hearts roleplay.
After Xehanort removed the chains of memories linked not to people, but to objects and events - the keyblade, the Princesses of Heart, and Kingdom Hearts itself - the heroes found themselves living in a world where they are... ordinary. Where they are highschool and college students, parents or siblings, and living in a world not too far removed from our own.
Casting his spell cost Xehanort strength and time, but he's begun to move - and not everyone had their memories pulled. How will the worlds react to the return of the darkness when the light doesn't know to stand against it?
Events
Xehanort's awakening is at hand, and with it has come the beginning of the destruction of his spell.
Updates
10/08/17 First major site event has begun! Xehanort has awoken and he's hellbent on ensuring his plans will not be interfered with. A halloween writing contest has started as well, so be sure to check them both out.
Riku currently lives in Shibuya in a small apartment with Xion. He works more than full time in order to pay for her and himself, and purposefully distances himself from others to keep from being distracted... and to avoid the strange sparks of emotions that being around Sora and Kairi cause.
Human
19 Y/O
Male
Barista
Handgun
Rped by: Komory
There's darkness in my life - whichever life I've really led.
Post by Riku Gallahad on Sept 11, 2017 22:49:34 GMT
i don't like your little games
A groan escaped Riku as he stepped out of the small cafe. The scent of coffee was lingering heavily around him, even in the outside air, and he knew he would need a shower and a change of clothing in order to rid himself of it. He'd have to wait until he got home for that, though, which was about an hours long walk-- something that wasn't too bad while it was still warm outside, but hell during the winter.
A hand reached up to run back through silver locks as he shook his head, giving himself a moment to relax and allow himself to decompress. Finishing a work shift always left him edgy and wired and feeling wrong, like there was something else he was supposed to be doing. Somewhere else he was supposed to be. It was something that Riku always just chalked up to residual guilt over the fact that he was working as a barista instead of heading off to college or doing anything else with his 'god given talents', but even that excuse just didn't feel quite right.
The thoughts left his mind feeling a bit empty and worn and he was unaware of the other before his shoulder bumped into their's, elicited a startled noise from him. "Oh, fu-- Crap, hey, sorry-!"
[ WORDS ] [ NOTES ] Open! [ TAG ] n/a
don't like your tilted stage
MADE BY VEL OF GS + ADOXOGRAPHY 2.0
Last Edit: Sept 11, 2017 22:49:58 GMT by Riku Gallahad
Post by Data Roxas/Zola on Sept 13, 2017 18:20:47 GMT
Data Roxas was walking around Shibuya. He'd found people he'd been searching for including Sora and Riku but they were totally oblivious. And despite all the knowledge of the journals he had no idea how to restore their memories. Namine returned them last time but she was affected this time as well. Data Roxas sighed as he made his way to the coffee shop. He was dressed in his black cloak with the hood covering his face. He didn't want to be mistaken for Roxas and he needed more time to make a plan. Plus the cloak could keep him hidden from Xenahort and his allies like it had with Riku and Mickey earlier. Well at least from sensing him. No one knew he existed at the moment and the longer he kept that secret the better chances he had of restoring their memories and keeping the balance towards good. Otherwise, Xenahort's plans could succeed or worse the worlds would fall to darkness with no champions. He was pulled from his thoughts as someone bumped into him.
"Riku?" gasped Data Roxas.
He then realized he's said that out loud, covering his mouth too late. He nodded at Riku's apology.
"It's quiet alright. I was thinking too much and not paying much attention." said Data Roxas.
Riku currently lives in Shibuya in a small apartment with Xion. He works more than full time in order to pay for her and himself, and purposefully distances himself from others to keep from being distracted... and to avoid the strange sparks of emotions that being around Sora and Kairi cause.
Human
19 Y/O
Male
Barista
Handgun
Rped by: Komory
There's darkness in my life - whichever life I've really led.
Post by Riku Gallahad on Sept 13, 2017 23:29:37 GMT
i don't like your little games
The apology offered to him would have done more good if it hadn't been followed by his name. He wasn't really well known, or known at all, around Shibuya-- so for someone to be able to just call him by name immediately caught his attention.
"Huh?"
Turquoise eyes blinked as he glanced over at the other. Weird get up... wasn't it hot wearing a coat like that? "What are you, some sort of weird goth wannabe?" Well. Less of a wannabe and more just a flat out goth considering the all-black.
"Maybe you would've seen me if you weren't half-blind. And, how do you know my name, anyways?"
[ WORDS ] [ NOTES ] 'who is this strangely dressed lost child' [ TAG ] Data Roxas/Zola
Post by Data Roxas/Zola on Sept 13, 2017 23:45:05 GMT
Roxas looked at him puzzled.
"What's a goth?" asked Data Roxas.
He'd nearly blown his cover and was now confusing Riku. He needed to get him to remember somehow. But making him think he was a creep was no way to gain his trust.
"I can see just fine. It's not blocking my eyes. It just covers my hair." said Data Roxas.
He paused for a moment and sighed.
"I've heard about you. And we've even met a few times. Ii was so long ago I doubt you'd remember. You looked familiar to me and I didn't realize I was thinking out loud. I think it was on some islands. I've never been to this city before though." said Data Roxas./div]
Riku currently lives in Shibuya in a small apartment with Xion. He works more than full time in order to pay for her and himself, and purposefully distances himself from others to keep from being distracted... and to avoid the strange sparks of emotions that being around Sora and Kairi cause.
Human
19 Y/O
Male
Barista
Handgun
Rped by: Komory
There's darkness in my life - whichever life I've really led.
Post by Riku Gallahad on Sept 14, 2017 2:34:25 GMT
i don't like your little games
What?"You know, angsty kid that dresses in all black and acts like life is nothing but pain?" There was a slight arch to one brow at the end of his sentence as Riku found himself canting his head to the side. He wasn't trying to be difficult, or sarcastic, but it wasn't everyday that you had someone asking you what a goth was.
"Also a germanic invader from the 3rd to 5th century but... not really used in that way much anymore. At least that wasn't the context I was going for."
There was a slight roll of his eyes, followed by a furrowing of his eyebrows and a huff that escaped him. "Wait... you know me? From... you mean the Destiny Islands?" Those were the only islands that Riku could think of, and definitely the only ones that he had ever been to. He couldn't recall anyone like the mini goth before him there, though.
"You... don't really sound like you're a lot older than me, so if I don't remember you how do you remember me?"
[ WORDS ] [ NOTES ] 'who is this strangely dressed lost child' [ TAG ] Data Roxas/Zola
Post by Data Roxas/Zola on Sept 14, 2017 4:41:50 GMT
Data Roxas shook his head.
"Never heard of that. And life can be painful but there's more to life than that." said Data Roxas.
At least that's what he felt from the memories and data from the journal. In the past two years, he'd focused so much on his mission he hadn't dwelled on the memories and emotions he was feeling. He'd taken the form of Roxas and knew it was too late to change it with his original form Jiminy's journal erased like his first one. He paused at the history lesson and chuckled.
"I didn't know that. Guess you learn something new every day." said Data Roxas.
Data Roxas paused and blushed grateful his cloak hid his face as he frowned. He was screwing up badly. He was going to blow it and Riku was going to think he was crazy or something.
"I know you but you probably don't know me. I saw you around the islands. I just blended in with everyone else. You, Kairi, and Sora always so close. Sometimes I wish I had people who cared about me that way." said Data Roxas.
He then realized he was revealing more than he intended and smiled. He decided to come up with a fake name.
"I'm Zola." said Data Roxas.
He unknowingly tapped into his memories of the "nickname" Jack Sparrow had given Sora. Only to realize it too late and knew he had to keep up the charade.
"Yeah. My parents were very creative when they came with my name." said Data Roxas.
Riku currently lives in Shibuya in a small apartment with Xion. He works more than full time in order to pay for her and himself, and purposefully distances himself from others to keep from being distracted... and to avoid the strange sparks of emotions that being around Sora and Kairi cause.
Human
19 Y/O
Male
Barista
Handgun
Rped by: Komory
There's darkness in my life - whichever life I've really led.
Post by Riku Gallahad on Sept 15, 2017 14:35:26 GMT
The more the other spoke, the crazier and outright more unsettling he seemed. He name dropped people from Riku's childhood and from the island he had grown up on, acting as if it was perfectly normal to just bring up a stranger's past at the start of a conversation as if you knew them. Which he didn't. Riku couldn't recall any 'Zola' on the island and...
A figure wearing that coat...
With a frown he stepped forward to grab the edge of the hood. Without waiting for permission (mostly because he knew that he wouldn't be getting it) Riku yanked back with the intention of revealing the face of the stranger that was talking to him.
-- and if he was able to, the sight of Roxas' familiar face filled him with both anger and relief. "Are you fucking kidding me?" Riku dropped his hand down as he took as step back. "Is this your new prank? I mean I gotta hand it to you, it is pretty fuckin creepy but seriously?"
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((You can completely ignore the last paragraph if you don't want riku to pull his hood up!))
Last Edit: Sept 15, 2017 14:35:51 GMT by Riku Gallahad
Post by Data Roxas/Zola on Sept 15, 2017 16:49:06 GMT
Zola paused as Riku stepped forward.
"What are you-?"
He paused as Riku pulleed off the hood.
"Prank? I don't know what you're talking about. This is the first time we've met. I know you but you don't know me." said Zola.
He sighed.
"I guess you're thinking of Roxas and Ven. I've seen them around but I've never met them. I guess some might call me a lookalike or a doppleganger." said Zola.
He smiled sheepishly.
"I didn't mean to come off as creepy though. Sorry about that. I didn't want to be mistaken for the twins so I started wearing this." said Zola.
Riku currently lives in Shibuya in a small apartment with Xion. He works more than full time in order to pay for her and himself, and purposefully distances himself from others to keep from being distracted... and to avoid the strange sparks of emotions that being around Sora and Kairi cause.
Human
19 Y/O
Male
Barista
Handgun
Rped by: Komory
There's darkness in my life - whichever life I've really led.
Post by Riku Gallahad on Sept 16, 2017 0:27:34 GMT
i don't like your little games
Riiiight. This situation was starting to make sense now. Riku was hardly Roxas' favorite person and it didn't surprise him much to know that he was trying to pull some sort of ridiculous scheme on him like this. Pretending he had been on the islands before, that he had seen Riku when he was younger, that he was someone named Zola...?
"Ven...?"That name didn't ring a bell right away, and it took Riku a moment to remember that Roxas was one of a set of twins. Right. Ventus, the quiet one that really didn't do much of anything. Which sounded far worse than he meant, but more just that Roxas might have been a firecracker but Ventus was more just a... wallflower. "Oh yeah... Ventus."
Riku gave a slight shake of his head before letting out a huff of air, arms crossing over his chest. "Do you honestly think I'm going to buy into this story? At all? What, is this your new way of trying to get at me?" He furrowed his brows as he reached up to rub between them.
"Does... anyone even know you're here? I thought you were living back in Twilight Town now."
He wasn't ignoring what Zola was saying but, as far as Riku was concerned, it didn't mean much of anything. It was just Roxas attempting to convince him of an incredibly poorly constructed lie.
[ WORDS ] [ NOTES ] 'who is this strangely dressed lost child' [ TAG ] Data Roxas/Zola
Post by Data Roxas/Zola on Sept 16, 2017 5:41:35 GMT
Zola nodded.
"Oh, Ventus is his full name? I didn't know that." said Zola.
He frowned looking hurt at that.
"You think I'm making this up? I'd be nice to have a brother, and parents, a family. I have nothing. I'd love to have what Ven and Roxas have. What everyone has." said Zola.
He paused slapping a hand over his mouth.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled. I'm just making things worse. You don't believe me and I don't want to argue with you. What a great first impression this is." said Zola.
He shook his head.
"No one here even knows I existed until I bumped into you. I guess I kind of stayed hidden." said Zola.
He sighed.
"Maybe I'll should just g-"
He gasped as he slipped on some trash in the street falling forward bracing for an impact.
(ooc: couldn't resist him slipping. be amusing if riku catches him. maybe some of his dormant keyblade master instincts/training or whatever kicking in. riku catching roxas and then be like "what did i just do?" or riku's just really fast. xd)
Riku currently lives in Shibuya in a small apartment with Xion. He works more than full time in order to pay for her and himself, and purposefully distances himself from others to keep from being distracted... and to avoid the strange sparks of emotions that being around Sora and Kairi cause.
Human
19 Y/O
Male
Barista
Handgun
Rped by: Komory
There's darkness in my life - whichever life I've really led.
Post by Riku Gallahad on Sept 16, 2017 21:05:25 GMT
i don't like your little games
Huh.
He still wasn't on board with what... Zola was saying, but if this really was Roxas then this was probably the most convincing performance of the other's life. Riku doubted he had ever seen him act so sad or genuinely embarrassed or remorseful about anything. Really, he wasn't sure he had ever seen him act anyway other than just... angry. Occassionally angry mixed with a small bit of happy whenever he was trying to leech off of Xion, but even that was a rarity for Riku. The silver-haired male just seemed to always bring out the worst in the other.
So if this was an act, he was going all in. Or... this isn't an act...? Because that somehow made any amount of sense.
The whole conversation was beginning to just become... uncomfortable, and Riku found himself looking for a way out. When Zola gave his offer to just go he nodded, not wanting to seem too eager but not exactly all that sad about him leaving. It would have just been the end of this whole weird experience--
"Hey-!"
The other seemed to pitch forward, losing his balance, and without giving even a second thought Riku darted forward. One hand reached out to grasp the other's upper arm, pulling him back and keeping him on his feet with the unintended side effect of also pulling the other closer. "You-- need to watch where you're going."
Riku currently lives in Shibuya in a small apartment with Xion. He works more than full time in order to pay for her and himself, and purposefully distances himself from others to keep from being distracted... and to avoid the strange sparks of emotions that being around Sora and Kairi cause.
Human
19 Y/O
Male
Barista
Handgun
Rped by: Komory
There's darkness in my life - whichever life I've really led.
Post by Riku Gallahad on Sept 17, 2017 23:20:58 GMT
i don't like your little games
He released the other and took a slow step back, unsure of what to make of their current situation. This wasn't Roxas. It was but it wasn't and there was something wrong, wasn't there. The other person, he was something that--
Someone who wasn't supposed to exist.
It was such a specific phrase that suddenly struck Riku, and there was a sense of finality in it that had him staring at the other. He had thought that before, had said those same words before. But that was absolutely ridiculous, honestly. Roxas was Sora's half brother and he might have been a trouble maker, but of course he was supposed to exist. The same went for this other person, even if he wasn't quite the Roxas that Riku knew.
"It's... okay." Riku's voice was soft as he spoke. "I'm not sure you really owe me much of anything. But I... I don't understand. If you're really not Roxas, then just who are you? Why do you look just like him?" Even more so than Ventus looked like his twin. There were small differences between those two in their expressions and the parts of their hair, but those differences were missing here.
Post by Data Roxas/Zola on Sept 18, 2017 6:27:52 GMT
Zola smiled unaware of what was going through Riku's head and what he was indirectly starting. The breaking of Xenahort's spell and people slowly remembering. But oblivious at the moment he smiled.
"Good. I'm glad it's ok." said Zola.
He paused for a moment and chuckled. Riku wouldn't believe him at least not now. Perhaps one day when his memories returned he'd tell him the truth. But for now probably would be best to feign ignorance.
"I don't know. But they always say everyone has a twin out there somewhere. I just happened to have two twins. Unless I'm secretly their long-lost triplet brother but that just seems very unlikely." said Zola.
Riku currently lives in Shibuya in a small apartment with Xion. He works more than full time in order to pay for her and himself, and purposefully distances himself from others to keep from being distracted... and to avoid the strange sparks of emotions that being around Sora and Kairi cause.
Human
19 Y/O
Male
Barista
Handgun
Rped by: Komory
There's darkness in my life - whichever life I've really led.
Post by Riku Gallahad on Sept 19, 2017 3:30:55 GMT
i don't like your little games
"Don't bullshit me." Riku was blunt at the best of the times, and he wasn't sure if right now would even be able to qualify as that. He frowned at the blond as he took a step back to give him an appraising look over.
"You've already made it clear that you know me, you know the island I grew up on and the friends I grew up with, and that you know about Roxas and Ventus. You know more than you're letting on, or... More than you're trying to let on. Now you're just trying to play coy." Which was likely because Riku could guess that Zola wasn't supposed to be running about and telling everyone about the times he had spied on them when they were children.
"Tell me who you are. You can't... You can't just leave it like this."
The silver-haired male allowed a beat before letting out a heavy sigh, one hand reaching back to run through his hair. "Look, what can I offer you. You already stick out like a sore thumb looking the way you do. I can help you get some actual clothing, but I need you to actually talk to me."
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