Repliku; Character study
Trying to get a feel for Repliku.
Themes taken from
1sentence, theme set gamma
Dyme borrowed with love and without permision from
maladaptive
#01 - Ring
The pirate curses his cards and flings them across the table, hurling the silver and sapphire ring at him; Riku catches it easily and tucks it into his robe - Namine might like it.
#02 - Hero
Sora is like a hurricane; sweeping everyone along in his wake and leaving things changed forever behind him - Riku learns to accept that even in his own story, he isn't the hero.
#03 - Memory
Nightmares of orange eyes and long claw-like fingers wake him nearly every night and there's just a second, when he forgets that it never happened...at least, not to him.
#04 - Box
It's little better than a shoebox - all battered and worn - but that makes it easier to hide; he might not have any right to memories of a childhood but he keeps his real memories inside.
#05 - Run
"We can escape," He says in a voice that should be shaking with fear and hope, "They're not watching, not now."
#06 - Hurricane
The City That Never Was is a place of rain and dark; his mission briefing never mentioned the Lancer's hurricanes.
#07 - Wings
Finally, there comes a day - after months of training - when he can leap effortlessly from ground to balcony to roof; it isn't really flying but until he sprouts a pair of wings, it'll do.
#08 - Cold
Sora is shivering in the darkness beside him and even through the blindfold, he can see the big worried eyes so he drags a smile up from somewhere, "Not giving up yet, are you?"
#09 - Red
It comes as a sort of surprise, all the same; Larxene's laughter just background noise as he lifts a shaking hand to inspect the blood - he didn't really think that it would be red.
#10 - Drink
Vexen's celebration passes almost un-noticed in the castle at large, but he saves a glass of the sparkling white wine for Riku who doesn't understand why until much later.
#11 - Midnight
The Castle goes quiet around midnight, it means he can go to the kitchens and get them food - the nice food, not the "optimal nutrition" Vexen gives them - without too much risk of running into Them.
#12 - Temptation
It looks so easy with Kairi's hand held out in the space between them - he could be the 'real' Riku to her and so to everyone else - and it almost feels like grieving as he pulls the hood back over his hair "Wrong one."
#13 - View
The blindfold helps; he stops relying on light to see and starts to listen to the dark instead.
#14 - Music
IX - no, it's Dyme now - looks almost surprised to see him but he doesn't stop playing and Riku is glad of the chance to just listen for a change.
#15 - Silk
"It looks.." he half-smiles as Namine looks hopefully at him "...perfect; Sora's a lucky man."
#16 - Cover
He likes the robe, loose and big enough to cover his hair and his eyes and everything about him that isn't really his.
#17 - Promise
He doesn't need to look back to see her, the portal a pulse of Dark and potential in front of him "I'll be right back."
#18 - Dream
When he dreams, it all looks so much easier - the Dark a welcoming tapestry of power and allure - but it never survives the dawn.
#19 - Candle
After, when they're all free and seperate, Riku keeps a candle lit in the window of the castle so friends can find it even in the Dark.
#20 - Talent
It takes months to relearn what Riku's memories taught him and in the end, it takes a surprise attack by Heartless to bring it out; Riku tilts the Keyblade towards the light and wonders if this is enough to make him important.
#21 - Silence
He doesn't react, not to the punch, not to the hurt in Sora's voice as he demands to know the truth - after all, what could he possibly say?
#22 - Journey
He leaves before the celebrations start, just him, a few hundred munny and the small Shadow-Emblem who's adopted him; the war is over - time to find out what they were fighting for.
#23 - Fire
VIII is not exactly what he expected, smoother and more superficially stable than the others, but Riku can see the witch-fire in green eyes and stays well clear.
#24 - Strength
He isn't as strong as his original but he's tougher; Iron, after all, can be snapped, steel tends to bend.
#25 - Mask
Some people cover up their whole faces to keep the truth from getting out, he only needs the blindfold.
Themes taken from
1sentence, theme set gammaDyme borrowed with love and without permision from
maladaptive#01 - Ring
The pirate curses his cards and flings them across the table, hurling the silver and sapphire ring at him; Riku catches it easily and tucks it into his robe - Namine might like it.
#02 - Hero
Sora is like a hurricane; sweeping everyone along in his wake and leaving things changed forever behind him - Riku learns to accept that even in his own story, he isn't the hero.
#03 - Memory
Nightmares of orange eyes and long claw-like fingers wake him nearly every night and there's just a second, when he forgets that it never happened...at least, not to him.
#04 - Box
It's little better than a shoebox - all battered and worn - but that makes it easier to hide; he might not have any right to memories of a childhood but he keeps his real memories inside.
#05 - Run
"We can escape," He says in a voice that should be shaking with fear and hope, "They're not watching, not now."
#06 - Hurricane
The City That Never Was is a place of rain and dark; his mission briefing never mentioned the Lancer's hurricanes.
#07 - Wings
Finally, there comes a day - after months of training - when he can leap effortlessly from ground to balcony to roof; it isn't really flying but until he sprouts a pair of wings, it'll do.
#08 - Cold
Sora is shivering in the darkness beside him and even through the blindfold, he can see the big worried eyes so he drags a smile up from somewhere, "Not giving up yet, are you?"
#09 - Red
It comes as a sort of surprise, all the same; Larxene's laughter just background noise as he lifts a shaking hand to inspect the blood - he didn't really think that it would be red.
#10 - Drink
Vexen's celebration passes almost un-noticed in the castle at large, but he saves a glass of the sparkling white wine for Riku who doesn't understand why until much later.
#11 - Midnight
The Castle goes quiet around midnight, it means he can go to the kitchens and get them food - the nice food, not the "optimal nutrition" Vexen gives them - without too much risk of running into Them.
#12 - Temptation
It looks so easy with Kairi's hand held out in the space between them - he could be the 'real' Riku to her and so to everyone else - and it almost feels like grieving as he pulls the hood back over his hair "Wrong one."
#13 - View
The blindfold helps; he stops relying on light to see and starts to listen to the dark instead.
#14 - Music
IX - no, it's Dyme now - looks almost surprised to see him but he doesn't stop playing and Riku is glad of the chance to just listen for a change.
#15 - Silk
"It looks.." he half-smiles as Namine looks hopefully at him "...perfect; Sora's a lucky man."
#16 - Cover
He likes the robe, loose and big enough to cover his hair and his eyes and everything about him that isn't really his.
#17 - Promise
He doesn't need to look back to see her, the portal a pulse of Dark and potential in front of him "I'll be right back."
#18 - Dream
When he dreams, it all looks so much easier - the Dark a welcoming tapestry of power and allure - but it never survives the dawn.
#19 - Candle
After, when they're all free and seperate, Riku keeps a candle lit in the window of the castle so friends can find it even in the Dark.
#20 - Talent
It takes months to relearn what Riku's memories taught him and in the end, it takes a surprise attack by Heartless to bring it out; Riku tilts the Keyblade towards the light and wonders if this is enough to make him important.
#21 - Silence
He doesn't react, not to the punch, not to the hurt in Sora's voice as he demands to know the truth - after all, what could he possibly say?
#22 - Journey
He leaves before the celebrations start, just him, a few hundred munny and the small Shadow-Emblem who's adopted him; the war is over - time to find out what they were fighting for.
#23 - Fire
VIII is not exactly what he expected, smoother and more superficially stable than the others, but Riku can see the witch-fire in green eyes and stays well clear.
#24 - Strength
He isn't as strong as his original but he's tougher; Iron, after all, can be snapped, steel tends to bend.
#25 - Mask
Some people cover up their whole faces to keep the truth from getting out, he only needs the blindfold.