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riku ([personal profile] shadowedheart) wrote in [community profile] empatheias2018-03-10 07:05 pm

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Who: Riku and others
Where: Around Verens
When: Middle of the month
Format: [ like this ]
open-ish
Summary: Just a gloomy gus needing some fresh air. Closed prompts will be top-leveled, open prompts free to anyone.


( TREE OF MEMORIES )
[ This place isn't anywhere that Riku has been before, though he's heard of it, somewhat. It's basically a tree that holds petals of memories from all those who come near it... or who inhabit the island... one of the two? Maybe both? Regardless, he's here, feeling the need to just get out and away from everything and everyone and he's made sure to keep himself relatively bundled up lest he end up sick again.

When a breeze gently drifts by, crisp and cool and allowing strands of silver to blow around his face, Riku catches sight of a drifting petal that falls from the tree and, perhaps without even realizing so, he holds his hand out and allows the petal to land in his palm.

The memory that it contains is one that seems almost ironic considering current circumstances of people within his life. It's distorted, perhaps a bit scratchy in a way, but it shows a sleeping Sora encased in what looks like a bubble. Standing outside that bubble and staring to the sleeping Sora is Riku, dressed in black and donning the blindfold much as he still does within this world. Off to the side, Naminé is there, sitting at a long table and seemingly sketching in a book, though she doesn't seem to address Riku within the memory. Gently, he reaches out with a gloved hand and presses it to the front of the bubble and the strongest emotion that can be felt even with watching this memory unfold... is grief.

It figures this memory would show itself now of all times and, to be honest, he almost finds it funny, as if a silent punishment personally dished out for him. Well-played, Tree of Memories.

Riku, of course, tries to brush off the memory and any feelings that might be attached to it. Though one can't exactly deny that the air around him seems a lot more chillier than anywhere else near the tree. ]



( IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING )
[ What had started out as something that should have taken maybe ten minutes at most has turned into a good thirty minutes standing outside the tea shop in the pouring rain.

The weather hasn't been the greatest as of late and yet Riku thought he could pick up this box of tea for Cloud and be out of here before it started to come down like it is now. How wrong he apparently was. Thankfully, he's standing under the awning of the shop, arms crossed, blindfold on, finger tapping against the box of tea he holds. The rain doesn't seem to be letting up anytime soon and the shop has closed, leaving Riku out here in the damp without an umbrella. He sighs, head lolling to the side as he shifts his weight to one leg, contemplating the thought of just sucking it up and walking back to Cloud's in this weather. ]


It's never going to stop...

[ Maybe you're stuck under here with him. Maybe you're passing by. Maybe you have an umbrella to lend to him. Or maybe you're out enjoying the rain. Whatever the case, Riku's not looking too happy... and the frost that's come to coat the tips of his shoes is a little bit of a hint to that. ]
innermonologues: (That's pathetic)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2018-03-20 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Squall lets out a grunt as he slowly stands up when he realizes Riku just took off running. ]

....! Sonofa--

[ He hooks his gunblade to his back and takes off running after RIku. ]
innermonologues: (That's pathetic)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2018-03-20 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Squall hops over the fence as well, charging into the forest. This was a stupid idea on his part. A forest? He knows how easy it was to lose someone in a forest, someone who didnt want to be found. Squall let out a frustrated noise as he looked around, taking careful steps in case he could hear Riku somewhere. ]
innermonologues: (Tch...)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2018-03-20 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Squall continued walking about, turning his head quickly at the sound of anything, even an animal skittering across the trees. After a while Squall just leans against one of the nearby trees letting out a soft sound of annoyance.]

I'm just trying to help. Why is that so difficult to accept?.... Hyne, is this what dealing with me is like?
innermonologues: (Faaaacepalm)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2018-03-20 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Squall jumped when he heard the voice and let out a frustrated sound. ]

...Fine.
innermonologues: (In thought)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2018-03-23 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ Squall let out another sigh. he doesn't reply back at first and instead punches a nearby tree. ]

This isn't over. I'm not going to give up. This. Isn't giving up. I need to regroup.

[ And with that, Squall starts to leave the forest. ]