Castle of Never Enough Shenanigans-- I MEAN UH...

[destinedwaters]

Who: The cast with giant keys and far too many Big Damn Heroes Guardians of Light, other Keyblade derps, former bad guy, and an amnesiac. And later on, the poor saps who get stuck on the roof.
Where: Castle of Departure, Aquarius District - February 4th
Summary: The government finally decided to stop being butts exploring and studying her home, and thus it's one big move-in day!
Warnings: There may or may not end up being spoilers for any and all Kingdom Hearts installments, despite it being almost a year since the last one. Most are teenagers or look like teenagers, and the castle changes when the clock strikes 12, so THOU HAST VERILY BEEN WARNED...

So for the longest time, Aqua had been camping out near the entrance both before and after she was released from the hospital, oftentimes cloaked in a Vanish spell. After all, it transformed into her creation while she was at work... thus her responsibility to make sure no one else became lost within its halls. Within memories or dreams of them. But when she finally received word that it was alright (by this world's standards; almost all of her belongings were in her old room already), of course she was ready to move back and give the others notice that they would be welcome to move in, too.

'It's mine and Terra's home, so of course you're all invited to move in with us. There's plenty of rooms for all of us, too.' the message read. 'Though a bit of warning... it changes at night. Though they said if we stay in our rooms during the 13th Hour, it'll be fine.'

Though knowing half of those they invited, and those likely to visit... the chances that they will get lost in Oblivion were high. Just don't try to get off the roof on your own!

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Moving Madness

[destinedwaters]

[aworldwithoutyou]

[Thankfully, picking up and moving was easy enough, since there wasn't too much for Sora to carry. Between him and Xion (who was not allowed to carry anything until that sling was off) there was only one box, mostly clothes. Or, well...half clothes, half cat.

Half very unhappy cat who was sick and tired of being stuck in a box even if it was all the way open, thank you very much.

The second he finally steps inside the castle, after staring at the outside for far longer than the kitten considered acceptable, she hops out of the box, dashing to...where was she going? Sora watches as she climbs up the nearby steps, setting the box down by the door and running up after her.

By the time he catches up, she's sitting on the center throne in the upper level room, looking like she absolutely belongs right where she's sitting and won't feel inclined to move for awhile. But that's okay, because Sora's too busy looking at everything to mind.]

Woah...

[Was this place seriously where Aqua and Terra had lived?]

[whereibelong]

[Xion meanwhile (who'd been following close behind) had her mind on the cat. It was easier than thinking about what this place also was, though she would admit if asked that it was very beautiful.]

Star! [She jogged ahead after the kitten, stopping in front of the throne.] I don't think you're supposed to sit there...

[But as cats are wont to do, Star simply gave her a nonplussed look and began washing herself. Xion sighed. Her good arm was currently full with her starfish pillow, the only thing she had been allowed to carry over. Silly cat.]

[islandshore]

[Sora may hear the sound of snickering from behind as Riku makes his way up the steps. Oh, this is too much...]

Looks like that cat thinks they're in charge.

[Not that he's surprised because... cats. Really.]

[charmedbymemories]

[A week before the fiasco that had been the tournament, Naminé had bought a wheeling suitcase on a whim. Now she was putting it to good use, using her good arm to slowly tug it up the pathway to the castle.

It was hard to believe that this place, this magnificent castle, had been the same place she had been imprisoned in for so long. She tilted her head back carefully, her eyes tracing the spiked towers, the gold accents, and the bridges connecting all of it. It was beautiful, and it was now home. She itched to draw, to memorialize its outer beauty just as it was now, as it had always meant to be. Drawing would help her differentiate the two castles in her mind.

She couldn't quite identify the feeling that sat heavy in her chest at that moment, but it was laced with as much wistfulness for her past as there was content for her future with the others in this city. Naminé smiled ruefully before continuing onwards.]

So many memories...

[whereibelong]

[Once inside, Naminé will find Xion, a little ways to the side, trying to entertain Star - the black-and-white kitten Sora - the older one - had adopted for them. He wasn't letting her do anything really, none of the carrying or lifting things up to their rooms, frustrating as it was. She didn't want to just do nothing.

Thus she'd appointed herself the task of keeping Star out from underneath everyone's feet, literally and figuratively, because Star loved getting herself in the thick of everything.

Upon seeing Naminé though, she lifts her good arm in a wave and smiles.]

Hey!

[dreamprotector]

[Riku is lucky; he's just gotten his cast changed to a walking cast this morning (the doctor had looked maybe kind of slightly surprised that his shin was that stable already - Riku certainly is glad for having learned Curaga properly now; who knows how long this would have taken if he still had to rely on Cure Potion?), and doesn't need the crutches anymore... which makes climbing the stairs just slightly less challenging, admittedly.

Still, he'll glare at anyone even thinking of helping him with this (though grade of severity will totally depend on the identity of said person). But really, the only one he'll really let help is Zorya, who has picked up his heavier book bag, while he's juggling the one with the few sets if cloths he has by himself.

...So may take a while until he's made it up to his room in the second floor, he's fine with that. 8|]

[whereibelong]

H-hey, Star, stop that!

[Well, Riku may find himself getting some help after all, but not in a way he might expect. Instead, Riku might find a little cat who's wandering a little too close to his feet on those stairs scooped up (ignoring said kitten's mewls of protest) and out of the way.

Xion glances up, Star wriggling a little in the circle of her good arm for a moment before Xion puts her down again, a little ways away.]

S-sorry. She's been trying to get into everything.

[quakega]

[Packing up his belongings had be a little more difficult with one free arm, but Terra had managed well enough. It's not like he had a lot to begin with, after all.

So when he arrives at the Castle of Departure through a Corridor of Light, it's with a duffle bag slung over his shoulder, his right arm still in that ridiculous cast and sling that the doctors had given him, and with at least one person in tow to help start the moving process.

As much as the changes that overtook the castle during the 13th hour disturbed him, it... felt good, returning to this small piece of home.]

[afterthemoon]

[Isa was one of the people Terra had in tow with him, a duffle bag of his own in his hands, bouncing against his side as he walked.

He rubs the (now exposed) back of his neck with his free hand]

Are you sure about this, Terra? ["This" being moving in with everyone else.]

[islandshore]

[...A sling? Well, that's one way to catch Riku's eye, and so once he spots Terra, he'll be dashing right over.]

Hey, what happened?

[terra_nullius]

[Moving was easy as he didn't have much at all. The clothes on his back, whatever bits Terra had lent him, a pile of books from the library and that was it. Unlike almost everyone else he isn't injured in some capacity... though he stays out of everyone's way and sneaks off on his own quite quickly.

Truth be told he's almost a bit uncomfortable being in a place that yet again Aqua and Terra have some reign over, though it does look like a good place to explore. There's bound to be some secrets about, after all...]

[charmedbymemories]

[If he goes along a certain hallway he'll eventually see Naminé, curled up in a window seat and sketching the view outside. She senses his darkness before she realizes he's there, but when she does, she looks up and carefully waves, mindful of her wounds (and, perhaps her uncertainty as to his presence in the castle).]

[islandshore]

[Luckily, Riku doesn't have much to move. Even after checking out the shopping district, he hadn't gathered more than the bare essentials. And once he's transported his things...

Well, he'll be all over the castle, grinning from ear to ear. After all, it's a castle, and one lacking the presence of a certain hag. What's not to like?

So, yeah. Pardon him if he snoops a little. Gotta get a grasp on this new pad and all that.]

[charmedbymemories]

[If he happens to peek into the kitchen, Naminé will be there, absently making tea and taking in the space around her.]

Definitely bigger...and it even has two ovens...

[destinedwaters]

[Aqua didn't have much to bring. Most could be fit easily in a couple bags and a box (that was marked "fragile" because there was some...materials). Though it was a little difficult to carry on her own with her arm still in a cast, so she had a little help with that. Still, she couldn't help but stop for a brief moment to place her bags down once she did enter, nearly overcome with emotion as she realized one small detail...

It had been at least five years since she walked these halls in their original states.

...Maybe stopping at the thrones wouldn't be such a bad idea after putting her things away. After all, she supposed the one of them was hers, now. However rarely used they were.]

Sharing Space Shenanigans

[destinedwaters]

[You have recently moved in to the castle. It's a large place even on the inside, and you've yet to familiarize yourself with the ins and outs of the castle corridors...

Explore?
> Yes.
> No.

Alternatively, bedroom shenanigans! ...Guys please, it's half Disney. No gutterballs!]

[whereibelong]

[Xion hadn't really allowed to help out with the moving in that much, owing to the fact that one of her arms is currently bound tightly - wrist to shoulder and wrapped around her middle - in a cast to keep her shoulder in place as it healed. Despite this, she'd found herself worn out fairly quickly from the journey over (they couldn't use darkness corridors, after all), and opted to break in her new bedroom by taking a nap.

It's later in the afternoon thus, that she finally starts poking her way around the castle itself. She moves methodically from hallway to hallway, poking her head into doors and rooms. Occasionally she'll explore further in a room that look interesting, or else stop to talk if she runs into anybody.

However, at a certain point, she'll come across another little explorer - which is to say her and Sora's new cat. Once that happens, she can be found following said cat in her explorations, a bit of a grin on her own face.]

[afterthemoon]

[The kitten eventually heads into the bedroom that Isa has claimed for himself.

Isa is lounging on the bed, all of his attention on a science fiction novel that he picked up at the library. He suddenly felt tiny feet pitter-pattering across his chest, he looked down from his book to see the kitten curled up on his chest. After getting comfortable, the kitten began purring up a storm.]

[charmedbymemories]

[Naminé glanced around the room, surveying it. It was certainly a nice room-- very spacious. Close to the bathroom and the bridge. Even close to a window that she could sit beside to watch the world go by, if she cared to. But even so, it wasn't enough.

She had to wrack her brain for a moment before she could figure out what was wrong. Then, she was knocking on the wall that she shared with Kairi just next door.]

Kairi? Can you hear me?

[dreamprotector]

[It might be a large place, but Riku doesn't really seem all that lost or in awe - as if he'd been here before, which well... he has been.

Hence he's just limping over to the library once he's done moving into his room, just his maths book and a note book tugged under his arm - after missing the last week, he might as well start playing catch up on that front again, right?

...And maybe he'll just make a pit stop in the kitchen for lunch. Empty stomachs and all.]

Oblivious Occupancy

[destinedwaters]

[Wait, where did this white hall come from? You were just walking down the hall and headed back for your room, or maybe waking up to go check on something when reality shifted around you. At first it's simply a white hall and nothing seems the way it was. Even your bedroom door may be in another place!

Outside, the red sky of the 13th Hour looms...

...What will you do?

> WE'RE GOING ON AN ADVENTURE THROUGH MEMORY, GOOOOOFY 8D
> Try to find the nearest exit.
> Wait for 60 minutes...
> Explore!

...Wait, isn't the first and fourth the same-?]

Rooftop Reconnaissance & Rescue

[destinedwaters]

[So despite your best efforts at leaving Castle Oblivion before the 13th Hour ended, you unfortunately were still lost in the halls of oblivious memory lanes when the clocks reset to 12:01am. You find yourself stuck on the rooftop of Castle of Departure.

How did you get here? Who knows. The question is... how do you get down?
> Wait for Keyaunt someone to arrive home from work.
> Call for help on the network.
> Whistle a sad, sad tune and be glad you didn't end up in a broom closet somewhere...

Yes, the latter is an option.]

[bakegarasu]

[So, someone decided that the thing to do once he got out of the hospital was to climb one of the giant buildings at the end of the thirteenth hour.]

[Said person is still perched on top of the roof once it ends. Actually, it looks like he kind of dozed off, perched on the rooftop.]

[He has bandages on his hands that look like they've been self-applied, given how messy they are, but other than that he seems rather content.]

[... If he hears anyone he'll probably wake up, though.]

sob.... (except no, not really! :D)

[poorlittleblueburdie]

*He'd been helping Aqua or someone carry their things to the castle, or maybe just came over to see that they had it all under control, and... castle. And he's an architect who lives in one, while he's in his own world. And... pretty!

And then the 13th Hour stuff happened, and let's just say it would've been really embarrassing for him if anyone'd caught him busily being a big blue-and-black chicken wandering around in there.

And now he's on the roof, not sure how to get down. Those big wings he has? They're busy. Busy doing what? Busy staying folded up tightly against his back, as small as they'll get, even so far as to be bent at the knuckles, so that their tips stick up above his head, behind him. Eyes wide, he's peeking down over part of the rooftop, holding onto the architecture for dear life or something, not about to lean far over. In fact, he's not even going to look down for long, he's just going to hug some of the stable structure that's not at the edge, and whimper a little, waiting for that dizzy feeling to go away.

Because this bird's afraid of heights.

...someone may hear some faint whimpery-sounding high peep of some kind from him while he sniffles to himself, too.

> Try calming him down/coming to his rescue?
> Get him to let go of the spire and shove him off the roof so he'll have to fly down?
> ....Something else?

Really, who ever heard of a bird that's afraid of heights?*