Chain of Memories - Revisited II [Namine/Plot]

[Riku]

Riku stepped up to the front gate of Castle Oblivion, eying the abstract castle with a sense of nostalgia and loathing that he had long forgotten. Multiple times here Riku almost lost his battle with the Darkness. Multiple times, he came a hair's breadth from failing and dooming Sora and himself, and potentially everything else.

However, now, he had gained Mastership, control over the Darkness, actually containing it within himself, and not allowing it to regain dominion. This was confirmed by Ansem, Seeker of Darkness himself, who regarded this with surprise on top of frustration. Riku felt proud to know he had conquered the Darkness, but now, he found himself back here again.

The castle loomed before him as an ice cold chill ran up his spine. Something within him stirred, urging him to turn back, urging him to reconsider his decision to check this place out, to find the truth about this castle. Yet, he placed his hands flat on the doors, and pushed them open.

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Almost as if he was shoved in, Riku landed hard on his knees as the doors slammed behind him. He looked up into the pristine hall before him, seemingly untouched, seemingly new. He wondered what would keep a place in this state, and smirked as he thought of Heartless running around with brooms. The bit of humor lightened his heart, made him feel more confident as he stood up straight, and looked down at himself. To his surprise, he saw that he was wearing an Organization Coat. Lifting his hands up, he noticed that this was all that truly changed, and nodded slowly.

"The castle's still active..."

He muttered this, hearing no echo and no evidence that the walls that surrounded him even existed. The feeling that he was in such an enclosed space, but out in the open air was almost maddening, but he had done this before... This was just a revisit to an old nightmare.

[Namine]

Naminé could feel something calling to her. She had been having nightmares for awhile about a strange place that she once use to know. But even though she knew of it…it still remained a mystery to her. She decided that she would go and visit the place she had called home for so long. A place that was supposes to be protected by magic that only the caster could remove and yet people like her could still go inside and be unaffected by its power. With that in mind she told Sephiroth that there was something she need to do and that she would return to him. If she ran into any trouble she would call for him. This was something she needed to do on her own because she was getting the feeling that the Castle just wanted her to come to it. And it is best not to question Oblivion.

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Naminé had already made it to the upper floors of Castle Oblivion. The massive fort was a trap even without her power for it to help amplify. Two Dusks came at her from down the hallways that lead to her room. Naminé snapped her fingers and a Creeper materialized itself right next to her. The Creeper Nobody turned itself in to a sword and the girl in the white dress took hold of it. The Dusks came at her and with two swipes of the youth’s sword they vanished in to a black mist. She learned a little bit about sword fighting from watching Sephiroth. She could only do the simple basic things but that hopefully that is all she would need as she searched for the reason this place had been calling to her and haunting her dreams. Was it because the Dusks that still resided there? Did the castle want someone to get rid of them? No, that couldn’t be it…why else would the memory witch have sensed that the fortress wanted her there alone? Something was about to happen and it made her feel uneasy that she might be a part of it.

More Dusks came at her; this time joined by shadow Heartless. “This would be easier if I had a Keyblade.” Naminé sighed knowing that the weapon would be a better fit to whip the creatures out. She again swung her Creeper Sword and they all fell to the same fate as the previous lot. The hall way was now clear. “I guess even the Heartless and Dusks are effect by this place.” She said as she walked towards her old room and ran her hand along the wall of the hallway. She stopped just outside her door and looked up at the high ceilings of the castle. “What are you up too?” She asked.

Naminé was just about to head into her room when she heard someone a voice somewhere in the castle. She turned and looked down the hall. Someone was in the here with her. The person was a male from the sound of the voice and they were a few floors away, but the young girl didn’t want to take any chances. The castle seemed to be blocking her ability to read who it was. So she slowly walked back down the hall with her Creeper sword in front of her.

Naminé waited at the end of the hall. She had thought about activating the Castle’s abilities. That way the person would forget what he was doing and just simply leave. For a moment the girl thought she recognized the presences as she got closer to the subject. Unfortunately the person caught her by surprise and without a second thought; Naminé came at the intruder with her sword. The young girl jumped back just after she brought her weapon down on the man. She gasped as she got a glimpse of the person she attacked. “Riku?!” Naminé said in shock. “What-what are you doing here?”

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(OOC: this derives from the thread we did before but I changed some things since that happenings are different and so are the circumstances)