We Remember Our Bedrooms

[seasaltkeys]

Who: Roxas and whoever
What: Looking at Rooms
Where: Twilight Town
When:  Sometime, afternoonish
Warnings: None I don't think.


Of all the worlds available, and despite the memories it held, Roxas still found Twilight Town to be his favorite.

It was familiar, and well, the closest thing he had to a home. While he didn't mind the Dalmatian's mansion, it was in Traverse Town, and that held other memories. Memories that Roxas couldn't lay claim to. At least with Twilight Town, the memories were his, real or not.

Which brought him to today's mission, one that he had somewhat been avoiding. He had to know, did his room still exist? Was it still there, as he remembered it? Was it just an empty space? Or had it never really existed in Twilight Town at all. As much as it scared him, he had to know.

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[seasaltkeys]

Thankfully, now that they'd had a chance to say hi, both of his spirits were mostly behaving. Sparkle had bounced down, and was sitting on Bouncer's head in order to join in the conversation.

"Uh...I'm Roxas," the boy replied, trying to catch up to the questions. "I've been here a while, yeah. I dunno what the spirits talk about, but they seem excited about it."

[laughingsword]

"They do, don't they?" Toshi was lumbering from side to side as if acting out some story. Maybe it was gossip after all, Souji thought, and turned his attention back to Roxas with a cheerful grin. "It's too bad we can't understand! -- It's a pleasure to meet you, Roxas."

The smile faded as he glanced up at the sky. It had been twilight here for a long time already, hadn't it? Was the sun even moving...?

Absently, he added, "There certainly are a lot of people here. And from such strange places!"

[seasaltkeys]

"Well, this town's not that strange," Roxas said, offering some defense of the place he called home. "It's pretty normal compare to Ponyville."

Nightmares and eternal sunsets notwithstanding.

[laughingsword]

"I haven't been there yet," Souji admitted, clasping his hands behind his back. "I heard we all change into animals when we go there, and that was just a little too strange an idea."

Pouting, he added, "And besides, if there are Nightmares there as well, how would I fight them if I were a horse?"

[seasaltkeys]

"Yeah, it was weird at the start."

Roxas didn't really want to admit to the face plant he took on his first step out of the gate. Or how long it had taken to move from a wobble to a walk.

"You can kick them, and the spirits can help. Also you can use magic if you're a unicorn."

It wasn't the most elegant way of fighting, but it worked.

[laughingsword]

"Oh," Souji said, smile going glassy. The part about the horses had been bad enough. Now it was unicorns.

He blinked, shook off the moment of shock, and crouched down to call Toshi the Pricklemane. "Perhaps I'll practice sometime! Even for a dream, this place doesn't make very much sense at all."

[seasaltkeys]

It was probably a good thing that Roxas didn't mention the pegusi or the alicorns. That might have been a bit much, plus it was a world that you sort of had to experience.

"It really doesn't, but you sort of get used to it," Roxas replied. Granted, most of the worlds currently weren't too different from what he knew. "And dreams aren't really supposed to make sense, I don't think."

[laughingsword]

"Maybe not," Souji admitted. "But ponies, really? And unicorns!" Toshi nudged at his hand, and he scooped the Spirit up, straightening.

"And not a single place that looks like home. -- May I ask where you're from?"

[seasaltkeys]

"It's kind of hard to believe, but it's true," Roxas replied.

"But I'm from here, Twilight Town, sort of. It's kind of hard to explain but this world's the closest one I have to home."

[laughingsword]

"This is your world?" Souji stares, open-mouthed, for a long moment. "And it's connected to Traverse Town? How lucky!"