Altered Tundra

Post Your Pikcha

@POOHEAD189 Diggin the hairdo, my dude.

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘶𝘴𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘯 | 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒐 // 𝑻𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂

“It’s nice to feel included,” Kai joked, giving Yuffie a laugh before giving the Large Body his full attention.

As the trio of teens was facing off against the Heartless, Kai heard some mention about a guy named Leon. He, like with Yuffie until just a few moments ago, didn’t know who this person was, but he would likely get to know this Leon very soon. Of course, that was assuming they were able to deal with the fat heartless in front of them. After a brief exchange between Yuffie and Cielle, Kai deduced that this one was only the appetizer and whatever that Leon fellow was fighting was the main course. And right now, Kai was both intrigued and worried about who it might be.

Shaking his head, Kai, once again, diverted his full attention this heartless in front of him. Cielle went on the offensive as Kai and Yuffie stood ready. When she did her thing with her keyblade, Kai noted how she obviously had her way of fighting. Though Kai was new at this with the Keyblade, he also had his own style. It was nothing like Cielle’s, however. She was certainly elegant in how she conducted herself against the heartless.

On her cue, Kai nodded he jolted forth, doing the same thing he did when he met Cielle. He took to the air and used her Keyblade as a stepping stool, though there was the added bonus of the Large Body’s arm adding an extra boost to elevate Kai into the air. Then, as Kai was airborn, he twisted his body to where he was upside down. To his surpirse, he felt something deep in him that he couldn’t quite explain. It would soon manifest on his exterior. He soon became surrounded by some kind of aura of green hue. Whatever it was, it gave Kai an additional boost in his capabilities. As a bonus, he was magically able to push off of the air and dive into the heart of his target.

He contorted into a spiral, aiming his Keyblade at the back of the head of the Large Body. In one, fell swoop, the large heartless fell victim to Kai's attack, the large body fading into darkness like all other heartless before it had done.

When he landed, the aura was goen and Kai looked at Yuffie and Cielle. "Whoa, that was too trippy. Did anyone else see what just happened? I feel...weird."

Sum up your week in roleplaying in just 3 words

Hype feeling returns

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘶𝘴𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘯 | 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒐 // 𝑻𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂

“Hold up! I’m coming too!” Whether or not Aerith and Cielle were going to deny him to tag along, they weren’t in a position to choose. Besides, if they were going to help him save Aira, the least he could do is return the favor by helping them out too.

Kai followed them out of the house they were in and down a flight of stairs. They went through a few corners and ended up in the main plaza of the Second District. There were a few things that caught Kai’s attention. Of course, the first thing he noticed was the heavy-set Heartless in the middle of the spacious plaza fighting a petite girl who had a giant star-like weapon that she was using to fend off the increasing amounts of enemies.

“That’s a huge Heartless,” Kai noted, his eyes wide. He couldn’t take his eyes off of it, but he knew he had to focus. The events around him kind of him kick it into high gear.

The fat heartless aside, there was another to the shadow heartless. They were about half of Kai’s height and had full-fledged limbs. Whatever they were, Kai knew that he had to be more alert than he ever was. They didn’t seem to be the same as the shadows. To Kai, they seemed to be aware and a bit more intelligent than the ones that hugged the ground to move around. Still, they moved slowly, so Kai would be able to pick his spots.

He didn’t wait for Cielle or Aerith to make their first move. He reacted first and ran forward, his Keyblade appearing in his left hand. The heartless saw him and about ten of the shadows and three of the other kind noticed him. Again, acting out of pure instinct, Kai jumped and spiraled at them, hitting about half of them - all Shadow Heartless. The soldiers were a little more capable and side-stepped kai, attempting to hit him. He maneuvered himself to block their hits with his Keyblade and spun around again and delivered a horizontal swipe, executing them all.

Kai’s actions had put him about a few feet away from the one called Yuffie. “Hey, I’m Kai. Kinda new around here, but figured you could use some help,” Kai greeted Yuffie with a smile, looking at the larger heartless, poising himself for battle.

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘶𝘴𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘯 | 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒐 // 𝑻𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂

Kai was utterly lost during this whole exchange. Key of Light? The Darkness? Deepa? None of these things meant anything to Kai. But, if there was one take away that Kai could take from this entire exchange was that, if they were willing to kidnap and shroud an entire world -- his world -- into darkness just to get what they wanted, Kai knew that this...Darkness had to be stopped at all costs. And, if his dream was right, this meant that Kai's fate with Cielle and Aira's were intertwined in some way.

Green eyes met the eyes of both Aerith and Cielle. "I don't know what this Key of Light means or what is really happening right now, but if they think Aira is you and if they realize this before we save her, then she's in danger. So, please, help me save her," Kai pleaded with them.

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘶𝘴𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘯 | 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒐 // 𝑻𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂

"That's it!" Kai suddenly shouted, the volume of voice high. He slammed his fist in his other, open palm, giving both Aerith and Cielle a smile, which was a total stark difference to his previous mood. Boy, Kai was all over the place wasn't he?

He looked at them once again, going back and forth between their no-doubt alarmed faces. He knew something about Cielle was familiar. Since laying eyes on her and seeing the way she acted towards him, though it was different than how Aira did, he knew there was something about her that was the same. And even though she was obviously alarmed when he called her Aira, Kai knew that there was a part of her that responded to that name. Kai was never one to dig too much into facial reactions, but it was too hard to miss. Then, when he laid his eyes upon hers for the first time, Kai was trying to figure it out. He was trying to decipher what it was about her eyes that made him follow her.

And then, when she spoke about her grandmother, it hit him like Cielle's head had done earlier.

"Wait..." Kai was suddenly remembering something that literally just came to him as soon as he heard those words come from Cielle's mouth. "Cielle...You're that Cielle!" Kai would, once again, invade Cielle's personal space; only this time his hands gripped her shoulders, demanding she look at him. "When Aira disappeared, there was this woman--girl, I don't know who she is or how old she was--but she called Aira by your name."

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘶𝘴𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘯 | 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒐 // 𝑻𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂

Kai fought the embrace immediately, but that didn't stop Aerith from wrapping her arms around him to lock him in. He still fought her, though. He banged his hands lightly against her shoulders, against her back. In the end, however, it was all for naught. Kai couldn't contain the tears any longer. His face was buried in her shoulder, embracing her embrace, feeling as though there was some, small comfort in how motherly she seemed. Even if it was just for a moment, Kai's mind went to his mother and how she always would comfort him whenever he was feeling down about his father never being around, or whenever he was feeling sad about anything. She wouldn't grill him or judge him. His mother, god-bless her wherever she was now, always comforted him by embracing him until he felt better.

That's how it seemed with Aerith. Kai felt better after a minute or two. He was at the point where he was no longer visibly angry. Truth be told, he wasn't angry at Aerith or Aira--Cielle. He was angry at himself. He should've been able to do something to help his family. He should have been able to do something to help everyone. But he was useless. Just like he was useless to stop the heartless from taking over his world, he was powerless to stop Aira from disappearing.

When Kai collected himself, he gave both of them each a glance, sighing. "I just..I can't process this. But, I don't doubt what you say to be the truth," Kai said to Aerith, then turned to face Cielle, "then I guess you aren't Aira. But..." Kai got closer to Cielle, almost to the point of invading her personal space, "you look exactly like her. How can that be?"

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘶𝘴𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘯 | 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒐 // 𝑻𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂

I really do feel bad for Kai. :(

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘶𝘴𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘯 | 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒐 // 𝑻𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂

"You're pulling my chain here, aren't you?"

Kai backed away, pacing back and forth as he gave both of them each a stern glance. If was funny in the beginning, got annoying in somewhere in the middle, but now, it was enough. Kai had it with these lies and these jokes. It wasn't funny anymore. It wasn't funny to joke about his world, as they called it, is lost to darkness. Not only that, but the honest truth was that Kai was furious with these two. He didn't know Aerith, so he couldn't blame her, but Aira — she knew better. She knew how Kai didn't like to be played with like this. Maybe for a few rounds, he'd laugh it up like everyone else might. Now, however, Kai wasn't in a laughing mood. On top of everything that happened to him, from Aira disappearing and him being transported to this strange place, he had enough of all of this.

"What kind of game you playing, huh? You honestly expect me to believe that all of the people I love, all of the people I grew up with: my family, my childhood friends, the townspeople, Alexander - all of them are what? Gone?" Kai snapped forward, grabbing Aerith by her collar. "Is that what you're saying, Aerith? Well, is it?" Kai angrily asked, tears starting to flow down his face.

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘶𝘴𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘯 | 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒐 // 𝑻𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂

Kai expected some kind of reaction from her like he usually got whenever he saved her hide or did something flashy, but Aira obviously wasn’t feeling like how she usually was. She didn’t smile at him like she usually did, or give him a glance like she always had in the past. Everything since the day at her house was starting to be as if it was a different person; and of course, there was that moment their eyes connected. For whatever reason that Kai couldn’t explain, there was something about her eyes that didn’t seem quite the same. Maybe it was the lighting of this strange place.

At some point, they left the Third District and Kai could only assume, based off of the somewhat familiar architecture, they were in the Second District. Throughout their journey through this district, Kai’s eyes never left her backside, trying to piece together why Aira was acting this way and just what exactly that particular thing in her eyes was. He had convinced himself that perhaps the way her body moved in front of him could lead him to the answer to the biggest question he had been asking himself. When she turned out briefly, Kai, not knowing what to do, waved at her, smiling even

Before long, they arrived a small house. It was quaint and homey. If Kai didn’t know any better, he would say it came from his hometown. It reminded him of his house. Though, as soon as he walked in, it was obvious to him that it wasn’t anything like his house. First off, there was no smell of lemon bars his mother used to make for him after he did what he did for his schooling And the second thing that stood out to him was the people who was in the house; or rather, as soon as he saw the one person, he noticed that she was not his mother. He didn’t even recognize her, but apparently Aira/Cielle knew who she was. It wasn’t long until she revealed her name to be Aerith.

Kai looked over to Aira, ignoring her. He was no longer amused by her games. Instead, he chose to give his full attention to Aerith. “The name’s Kai, Miss Aerith. Pleased to meet ya!” Kai gave her a cheeky grin, his hand out to shake hers