7th dawn → video

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[Riku's face, when he appears on the network today, is a little exasperated, and a little apologetic. Behind him, something tiny and black moves, and he picks his hair up and away from it, pulling it over his shoulder for lack of anything else to do with it. A sharp-eyed observer will note that the black thing is a wing. It's small, but it's clearly a pointy, leathery bat wing. Presumably, there's a matching one.]

So... I guess I was ported out.

[His very first port-out after a year and a half. What a strange experience. Riku pauses. He's pretty sure he... owes some people an apology.]

Uh -- sorry. From what I can tell it hasn't been very long, though...? A day or so tops, I think. I saw Kagami made a post, so I thought I should clear things up.

[He's surprised you all panicked, honestly...]

I guess I should thank you all for worrying, though.

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[Riku can't help but laugh. Maps of the world...]

That's because it is big. It's massive. I got Sora an atlas last Christmas just because of that.

[This world is the biggest he's ever seen. Most worlds are bigger than they appear at first -- but this must be what the worlds must have been like when they were one.]

Anyway... there are these seven princesses with no darkness in their hearts at all. [Seven princesses, a handful of whom whose lives Riku ruined all on his own. Not his finest moment. But he has a chance to make that up to them now.] If we didn't step up and fight, he'd just take them instead.

[Riku sighs gently, shifting a little in his spot.]

By the way, would it... be easier if I laid flat?

[For her to check his wings out, that is.]

[resoundingpledge]

[ She hums a soft negative, still smiling at the feel of the laugh that reverberated through his chest. ]

I was trained in a lot of positions. So however Riku is comfortable . . . that's fine.

[ She fans her hands back across his shoulder blades, listening, waiting for the tiny shifts in balance that will whisper his next moves. It's been a long day for him, hasn't it? Long days, long . . . however time passes in dreams. ]

Why would he take them? If he's full of darkness, and they don't have any . . . it doesn't sound like they'd get along really well.

Is he trying to find a wife?

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Hm... you know, I think I will anyway.

[If she's all right with it, that is. He's just lazy, and a little tired. So he stretches out next to her, head pillowed in his arms, tilted so he can still see her.]

They're the seven lights he needs to fulfill the prophecy. But -- [Riku laughs again, just a puff of breath --] I hope not. I'm not sure anyone would want to marry him even if he was looking.