King Kindred

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

Tweedle Dee and Alias arrived to find Tweedle Dum talking Alice's head off. He seemed... fine. There didn't seem to be any traces of those dark shadows or any malicious intent. How did Alice stop him? Did she have some kind of ability to fight darkness? Did she have her own keyblade? Was this why he had to protect her? Alias still approached Dum cautiously. "Hey. I'm glad to see you two are okay."

Dum turned to Alias with a sour look on his face. It was clear that he hadn't forgiven the young King yet. Alias rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "Hey... Dum? I'm sorry for insulting your name and your parents. They do love you and your brother."

"You're forgiven, pal. Alice here was telling me how nice and brave you are and that you're a king from a faraway island called Destiny. Wow. A king helping a lost girl find a rabbit and apologizing. You're nothing like our Queen."

"Oh that wicked red Queen." Tweedle Dee said with a shudder.

"Oh, I wouldn't talk about her like that..." A discombobulated voice said out of nowhere startling everyone. "Or she'd say it's off with his head for you." Suddenly the head of a purple cat appeared above them.

"A queen that cuts off her subject's heads? That's dreadful. Look what she did to poor Mr. Cat. Alias, we must do something." Alice proclaimed.

Alias was taking in a lot of new information all at once. A raven he could excuse talking. I mean, they were chasing a talking white rabbit and they went through a talking doorknob. But a bodiless cat talking? And a queen that chops off heads? Just what was this strange world? "Where can we find the queen?" He finally asked.

The cat's body suddenly appeared allowing him to rest on his paws. "Hmm. Follow the white rabbit. He knows the way. But be careful. Things and people aren't as they seem here in Wonderland. Not since they arrived." The purple cat disappeared as soon as the period dropped in his sentence leaving them with more questions than answers. At least Alias knew now that the cat actually had a body. A magical cat strangely made sense to him. Hoshi would love the concept, but be quickly annoyed by his riddlish nature. He touched his pocket feeling the Paopu Fruit he picked for Kitsu inside. He hoped she and the others were okay. He missed them. If Alice and this world weren't so distracting he would've lost himself in his fears and thoughts by now. He just prayed that they at least had each other or someone looking out for them until he found them and they were a family once again.

"Alias?" Alice called out to him, pulling him from the abyss of his thoughts. "I see a house over there. Maybe it's Mr. Rabbit's."

A rabbit with a house. The idea was so ridiculous that it had to be true. "Yeah, let's go. See you later, Tweedles!"

The duo approached the house to see the white rabbit yelling out the window for someone named Mary Ann. "We found him!" Alice exclaimed. She opened the gate that led to the house and walked up the cobblestoned walkway. Before she could open the door the rabbit dashed out rambling once again about being late. Alice tried to catch his attention and she did, but he believed her to be the girl he was looking for.

"Mary Ann, what are you doing out here?" The White Rabbit asked in confusion.

"But I'm---"

"Don't just do something, stand there. No, no. Go get my gloves. I'm late!" The White Rabbit yelled, cutting her off.

"For what? That's just what I----" The sound of a horn being blown in her ear cut her off this time, but before the White Rabbit could say or do anything else the horn was snatched out of his hand and mouth by Alias.

"That's very rude of you, White Rabbit." Alias said, sternly, trying his best to impersonate his dad whenever he reprimanded him.

"Who are you?" White Rabbit asked. "Mary Ann? Who is this?"

"This is my friend." Alice answered. "He used your gloves last. I'm so dearly sorry. He'll go get them now."

Alias nodded. "Yeah, I'll go get them and I'm taking this while I look." Alias headed into the house and Alice cut the rabbit off before he could interject or follow after him.

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Alias knew immediately where he was going to search first. The kitchen! He needed some food and fast. He found a bowl of fruits and carrots sitting on the table. He immediately went to harvesting. He ate a few strawberries and grapes and grabbed a carrot as he continued to search around the kitchen. He needed to find something to put Kitsu's Paopu Fruit. Just as the thought came to him a small satchel-like bag on the counter caught his attention. He picked it up and opened it to see that it was actually a personal cooler. This was perfect. He took the fruit out of his pocket and washed it off in the sink. He doubted Kitsu would actually eat it when he finally got it, but he still wanted it to be clean. He then put it in the cooler to keep it fresh and safe throughout his journey. He wore the satchel cooler and continued his search for the rabbit's gloves. If he was going to take his things he might as well do the job he said he'd do.

He made his way upstairs to White Rabbit's room. He approached a dresser that had a lidded cup on it. Inside were a variety of different treats with the words saying to take or eat one. It reminded him of the drink that brought them down to size earlier. He decided to take a few just in case he needed to grow in size again, but he wasn't going to eat it while he was in this house. He put them in the satchel cooler and continued his search and opened up a pink and gold treasure chest. Inside was a variety of white and light-colored garments. He picked around them until he actually found the gloves!

Alias came outside to a rather impatient rabbit. Before Alias could give him the gloves, the White Rabbit took them and the trumpet before heading off in a mad dash proclaiming that he's late. Alias was left dumbfounded, but he no longer felt bad about taking his snacks.

"I know what he's late for." Alice said. "Mr. Cat was right. He's the way to the queen. Come on!" The two ran off continuing their journey deeper into the world of Wonderland. Just how far will the White Rabbit take them?

Home Is Where The Starship Is

Harrison was a bit relieved to know that his spur-of-the-moment plan didn't trigger Kir's PTSD, but he hoped that he wouldn't have to do it again. He could feel her concern for him. She was right. For the first time since this bracelet jumped on his wrist he was worried about what it would do to him or turn him into. He didn't want this to be routine for him. He didn't want to oppress people. His own people had known that experience for way too long. That's part of why he wanted to use this armor to crumble the empire's hold over the galaxy. It was to make up for his failure to do so for his people on Earth. He saved lives with the power he had, but he didn't change them. And that honestly always weighed on him.

He was glad that his plan worked for the time being. He still wanted out of this scrapyard and outpost as soon as possible. He wondered where they'd go next with their new ship. The galaxy was large and a lot likely changed in the fifty years since Kir has been on Earth. He wondered if there'd be any worlds willing to host a couple of runaway troublemakers. He wondered if a rebellion had already started. Actually, the reality officially hit him. They didn't have any idea of what was going on out here.

"I'll ask. Also, can you read the first unsuspecting mind once we're done here? We need to at least know the status of the empire and how enforcers are received here." Harrison replied before focusing on the bugman in front of them. "I have some rare cargo to unload. I know someone like you knows everything about everyone. Who here on this station wouldn't dare cheat an enforcer? I rather not make an example of someone today. As you can see by the ship I'm not having the best day."

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

Do we have a Discord group, by any chance?

@mattmanganon

No, we've just been using the OOC.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

Would making Star Wars a musical make it more Disney-Like and therefor more accessible from a Kingdom Hearts PoV?

@Sadu

I'm still of the mind of making it one of the worlds here. I might have Alias end up in Attack of the Clones right before the escort mission to Naboo and end up changing the story a bit and even attending Anakin and Padme's wedding.

Then Revenge of the Sith in 2. A New Hope might not even happen with the interference in the timeline.

If I do this, the blue one will be his keyblade in that world, but something he'll acquire on Geonosha.

Keyblade

Home Is Where The Starship Is

Harrison listened to Kir as she went on reasoning with herself, rather than him, on going through with his plan. He couldn't help but be captivated by the visual expressions on her face that represented the wheels in her head turning. He laughed when she finally agreed, though he wanted to correct her on one misconception she had about Earth. "You'd be right about Earth if you were talking about our world militaries, but we have a different protective force on Earth. You and I aren't the first superpowered people the world has seen. We have a group of the population known as Homo Superiors or mutants, but I hate that word. They're still humans. They just have an extra gene inside them that gives them powers. A group of mutants formed a team known as the X-Men. They have a weather witch, a wind demon, an unkillable soldier, a tech genius from the future, and a one man army in both the figurative and literal sense. He can copy almost any mutant's ability, including cloning. There's also an imprisoned reality warper. Basically, whatever trouble we get into out here won't be a problem for Earth. If the empire found out about them, that's probably why they didn't check on the armor they sent."

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Harrison armored up as he listened to Kir. He was a bit nervous, but at the same time he felt a bit at home on this mission. He was an archaeologist and treasure hunter before he became one of Earth's superheroes. Smuggling and bartering were part of his skillset, but he decided to take her lead with this being his first time in space. He soon realized quickly why he shouldn't have. Earth, space, it didn't matter. Filth and untrustworthy people could be found wherever they went. He just wished it wasn't the very first person they met out here, but that was just their luck. Everything had been way too easy despite all the odds that were stacked against them. It was about time that their luck caught up to them. But he could extend it just a little bit. Hopefully just enough to get them out of here with a new ship.

Harrison could tell immediately that the scrapper wasn't trusting their story and was probably on his way to report that something was off. Together he and his father was their world's Indiana Jones and they had gotten into their fair share of messes so it never made sense to him that a tomb would be the thing to take his father out. It was almost too ironic.

He didn't look to Kir when she asked him if he was okay. "Forgive me." He whispered into her mind. He forcefully grabbed her arm at the elbow, but didn't apply pressure to it. He yelled aloud to give their insect scrapper a performance. "Did I say you could speak for me, X'hondrian? I don't care what role you served in the imperial palace, I don't need an insignificant bug thinking I can't speak for myself. Don't make me regret removing your collar! I don't want to hear another word from you while we're here. Now, come on. I don't want to be on this dump for longer than I have to be."

Harrison let go of her arm and marched forward feeling disgusted with himself. He was glad that the enforcer armor hid his face. He could hide how he was feeling in his walk, but the truth was all over his visage. He hoped his performance was enough to crush any doubts in the scrapper's mind as to who they are. If it didn't he might have hurt Kir for no reason. "I didn't trust him. The sooner we get out of here the better." He projected into her mind as he followed the scrapper to the door. Get the money and get out. That's all they had to do.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

Alias and Alice found themselves following the trail of the White Rabbit into a forest. They eventually lost track of him and took a break in a clearing to see if they could figure out where he had gone.

"Oh. Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit!" Alice cried out. "I could've sworn he went this way. Do you suppose he could be hiding?"

Unbeknownst to them two mysterious figures were hiding behind them. "I doubt it." Alias replied. "What would he be hiding from?"

"Me, of course." Alice replied spritely.

"Why are you chasing him anyway?" Alias asked.

"It's not polite to chase people!" Two colorful and stoutly men yelled out as they jumped from behind the bushes. "Even little white rabbits too!"

Alice was startled and jumped behind Alias. "Wait. You saw Mr. Rabbit? And I'm not 'chasing' him, chasing him. I'm trying to find out where he's going in such a hurry."

"This reminds me of a story." The one with a collar labeled 'Tweedle Dee' said.

"Ooh. I love stories. But we can't tell a story without introducing ourselves." The one with a collar labeled 'Tweedle Dum' said.

"Ooh. You're right, my brother. You see, we're the Tweedles. I'm Dee."

"And I'm Dum."

"Your name is Dumb?" Alias asked. "Your parents must've hated you."

"Our parents are very lovely and love me. It's Dum, you dumb dumb."

"Dum, you can't be calling people dumb. Even if they are dumb." Dee said trying to calm his brother, but he didn't appreciate Alias' words either.

Suddenly a dark and yellow-eyed raven perched atop a tree in the clearing. He squawked out before speaking. "A couple of dumb dumbs. Won't even fight for your family's honor." Interesting. He seemed to be able to speak in this land of wonder. Perhaps he and his Mistress could overthrow this world's incompetent Queen and rule here. Dark magic flowed with his words entering the ears of the Tweedles to corrupt them with darkness and anger.

The Tweedles were surrounded by dark shadows, the shadows were then absorbed into their bodies to corrupt their hearts. "Um... Alias?" Alice asked nervously.

"Don't worry. I'll protect you. Run, find the rabbit. I'll catch up with you." Alias said, conjuring his keyblade and getting in a defensive position.

There was that mysterious blade again. Whenever Alice looked at it whatever fear threatened to consume her melted away. She leaned forward and kissed his cheek. "Good luck, my knight. Thank you." She said before running off into the forest.

Alias was startled by the kiss and almost missed one of the Tweedles rolling towards him like a bowling ball. He swung his keyblade to send him back, but didn't have enough time and space for a proper follow through. He barely pushed the rolling Tweedle back. "Wait! I'm sorry!" But he wasn't hearing it. He rolled backwards to boost his momentum before rolling towards Alias again.

This time Alias was prepared. He calculated how fast he was moving. This reminded him of his time back on Destiny Islands. He missed home so much. You see, not everyone on the island fought with wooden swords or any other practical weapon. There were a few loose cannons with arms matching their descriptions. They threw super fast volleyballs at their opponents. One good hit from one would have you seeing Paopu Fruit. He leapt into the air as the giant Tweedle Ball approached. Once the Tweedle was under him he slammed down on it with his keyblade using his force and momentum to counter his, bringing them to a stop. The two fell to the floor with Alias on top of him. He looked at his collar to read, 'Tweedle Dee'. The shadows released their control over Dee, leaving Alias grateful for that. He didn't want to have to really hurt him. "I'm sorry about what I said. Your parents love you and your brother. Where is he?" Dee was conscious, but was still a bit too dizzy to answer.

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Alice was seeing light once again. She was about to exit the forest and was seeing a nice two story house. Could that be Mr. Rabbit's? Before her question could be answered she heard the sound of twigs being broken behind her. She turned around to see one of the Tweedles charging straight towards her. She's heard of raining men, but she didn't think there were rolling ones too. She wished Alias were here. He'd be able to protect her.

No. Since when did she wait to be protected? This world was even changing her. Dinah would be so disappointed in her. She faced the rolling Tweedle confidently and extended her right arm and put up her palm. "You stop right there!" Suddenly a bright light appeared emanating from her chest. She didn't have time to think about what it was. It was from her. It was going to protect her. A shield of light projected from her hand.

Tweedle Dum crashed right into the shield, but instead of being hurt by it, he was simply stopped. The darkness that corrupted him was purged from his heart and body, but that wasn't enough. Alice's light fully eradicated the darkness. She extended her arm out to the Tweedle. "Are you okay, Mr. Dum?" She asked reading his name on his collar.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

Announcement Everyone: As of now, Dragonfly won't be joining us in the IC as they don't really have time at the moment. That may change in the future once we get to Kingdom Hearts 2. But I've already been working with some of you in regards to how the story will develop as well as your characters' personal arcs so we will be completely fine.

I want to reiterate however that prior to Hallow Bastion the group will reunite in Camelot for major character and story moments. We also have Ansem SOD's host in the climax, but that'll be revealed once we've reached Camelot.

Thank you all for joining this roleplay and creating a wonderful story together.

Home Is Where The Starship Is

Harrison continued his tour of the ship. Despite the damages and the relative size of the ship there was quite a bit to explore. As he passed through each room memories from Kir's consciousness that correlated to the respective rooms flooded the front of his mind. He knew this wasn't her own original ship, but one from her captors. The thought honestly sickened him. Then an idea struck him. One that he wouldn't have normally come up with on Earth, but here in space he was already planning to spark the flames of an intergalactic rebellion.

He kept this thought in his mind as he continued the tour before eventually returning to the cockpit. Harrison had decided. The idea was probably foolish. He still had very little idea about how the wider galaxy worked. He didn't want to risk Kir being captured again. He wasn't worried about himself. He was worried about her. But if he's meant to be some tyrannical empire's enforcer perhaps he could use that to their advantage.

Once Harrison stepped into the cockpit he cleared his throat to catch Kir's attention. "I have an idea that might be crazy. We have a ship that's pretty much falling apart and an empire and galaxy of darkness to defeat and brighten. I'm sure there's some less deserving people on this Outpost we're going to. Why don't we just steal a ship?"

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

I'll also be working on a post here next.

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Jericho wasn't sure what was happening all around them. One moment he was preparing to give his friends a ride and the next they and their giant ship were gone. Just where had they gone? Someone who might have the answer suddenly appeared above him, the shadow of her fifteen foot form turning the land below into a valley of darkness. Jericho looked up to see who or what was causing this and saw a giant woman? He wasn't quite sure until she spoke. She didn't seem to have a face, but she did have what appeared to be a halo above her head. Her hair was a long and flowing white. She reminded him of Azuria when she blessed his eyes for the first time. No wonder he thought she was an Angel.

The Angel finally spoke and it was clear that she was threatening him. Her words filled Jericho with laughter, but it didn't come out as a dark laugh. It instead came out as a boisterous and monstrous roar sending shockwaves through the area. Jericho then cleared his throat. "Apologies. I'm not quite used to speaking in this form." However it seemed that she wasn't interested in conversation. She wanted to fight and Jericho was one to oblige. Unfortunately for the both of them it wouldn't be much of a fight. The Devil-Slaying Angel was completely unaware of how much of a mismatch this battle truly was.

Jericho opened his draconic mouth to inhale deeply. Every single spear raining down on him found itself pulled to his mouth like it was a superpowered vacuum. He consumed every last one before burping. Such a delicious meal. Did all Angelic magic taste like this? He laughed again, mocking the Angel above him. "You fool! You're out of your depth. Devil and Angel are no different to me. They all fall to the Dragon God of the Night and Stars. I don't know what you've done to my friends, but if you and your allies have hurt or killed them there's not a god that can save you from my wrath. Bring them to me or die."

Narrator: Oh no. I almost forgot about this. Jericho rarely transforms into Dragon Force. He always tells others that it's because he likes to test his human strength, but the real reason is because his mind becomes more like a devilish dragon of legend ready to consume any and everything in his path.

Jericho didn't give her an opportunity to respond or do as he commanded. He wanted her to know the extent of her sin before him. He opened his mouth forming a dark ball of spiria infused mana. He even added the meal that she just served him to the mix. In a deafening roar the ball expanded into a full beam heading straight for Yaorin to end this battle just as quickly as it started.

@Danyel [@Everyone]