Kingdom Hearts : Heartfelt Adventure {Day 8 ; Invite Only}

[AldrickZearse]

[Joseph: Disney Castle: Throne Room]

The male gave the person who gave him a thumbs up a confused(but still grumpy) look, still shoveling food into his mouth.

Though he had something more concrete to focus on when Dani sat next to him, even telling him good morning. Quietly, but he heard her.

"Mornin'." Short and gruff, as he reached for some scrambled eggs.

He watched Dani now, looking directly at her, then down to her plate. With a grunt, he reached, forking a fresh pancake from the center of the table and slapping it down onto the girl's plate.

Withdrawing his fork, he grunted out "Eat." Then took a swig of orange juice before scarfing down his eggs.  

[Jeimuzu Kuro]

{James : Disney Castle: Sleeping Quarters -> Throne Room}

After a night like the one before James had expected vivid, lucid nightmares beckoning him back to the hell that was the night before. However, if there had been nightmares they were subdued ones and not remembered. Either way when the gentle wave washed through the room and the corsair’s eyes slowly opened. Much like he did with his normal alarm clock he didn’t get up immediately. He was warm and comfortable and had just woken up from what felt like the best sleep he had gotten since coming to the Kingdom Hearts universe and he wanted nothing more than to to go back to sleep. It was inevitable though that he would not return to the realm of dreams.

'Time to get up, James,’ Fenrir stated in a way that reminded the corsair of how his dad used to wake him up for school ages ago. The only thing missing was the audible metallic click of the old light switch being flicked upward.

James groaned, and that groaning only grew louder when Merlin’s message came loud and clear over the charm. With a heavy sigh the covers were flung off and the young man was almost immediately on his feet. He stretched a bit as his dress sphere took on the simple form of a dark grey, V-necked t-shirt, dark blue jeans, and basic crew socks. Something akin to this was his typical choice of attire from earth. The corsair quickly ran his hands through his hair, which was at the point of getting longer than he typically preferred. His facial hair was growing as well, though it wasn’t anywhere near long enough to annoy him yet. He cleaned up his hair a bit and decided that it was time to head down and get some breakfast.

The Lunar Gunner made his way back to the Throne Room to find, somewhat to his surprise that the massive doors stood open and he followed suit as he filed in with the others. He was shortly behind Dawn and made his way to sit across the table near her and Mizu.

“Ohayo…,” He stated in a fairly typical greeting for him as he took a seat, not even bothering to react to the fact that Dawn had chosen Mizu’s chest as a pillow.

He grabbed a plate and added a few pancakes, some sausage and bacon. He then filled a cup with apple juice . Before he started eating though he looked down the table at the new people gathered there. He knew these were the new earthlings that Merlin had mentioned if they had introduced themselves before he had arrived then he had missed their names. However, due to his augmented hearing he clearly heard the male among them introduce himself as Luke. The way he had spoken his name softer than the rest of his statement was a clear sign of nervousness.

“Nice to meet you too Luke, my name is James,” He stated with a friendly smile, attempting to be reassuring. Introductions would be abundant in a bit he was sure. However, at that moment in time he really only wanted to focus on the food in front of him and began eating.  

[Je suis a toi]

[Noelle : Disney Castle : Living Quarters--> Throne Room]

The gentle awakening felt good but was unwelcome--Noelle wanted to keep sleeping. For days. She was well rested, but the emotional runoff was still a lot to handle. So much had happened. But so much of it was good, so if anything that was a reason to get out of bed. She groaned and kicked her blankets off before lazily twisting and placing her feet on the soft carpet. There were several pops from various joints as the witch got to her feet and shuffled over to the vanity in her room. On it were a number of things she liked and was very happy to have; there was no way she was gonna shower before going for food, she was too hungry. So she sat on the vanity bench and looked in the mirror.

"Yeesh." Noelle mumbled softly, before starting on her morning routine, a routine she'd not done since she even arrived in this world. Rose-scented skin tonics and perfumes, a little something for her hair before she swept it up into a bun that perched on the top of her head, all the normal things she did to refresh for a day in.

When she stood back up she realized that her dressphere changed into appropriate attire: comfortable black leggings and tank top, an earthy-green shawl that bunched and draped over her, reaching down to her knees, and of course cozy slippers. It's like you know me, she mused to her dressphere, though of course without reply. Feeling much more like herself, Noelle quickly left for the throne room, the path to which she already knew. When she got to the wide double-doors there were quite a few people seated at the large dining table, not all of them she knew.

"Aaaaaay bitcheeeeez," she announced brightly, though in a tone that was clearly looking for at least a smirk out of some of them. Noelle quickly spotted Joe and Dani sitting next to each other and she immediately went to them.

"Move over, nerds." The blonde told them as she wiggled a chair in between the two of them. The space was there already, so they didn't really have to move much, if at all, but it was still a tight space so she had to climb over the side of her chair to settle into it. Once sitting she grabbed an extra place setting so she could eat in her spot that wasn't really a spot. She began dishing the more savory breakfast food onto her plate as she regarded Dani's. It only had the bacon, toast, and now the pancake she'd seen Joe flop on top of everything else.

"Jeez man, save some for us." Noelle smirked as she piled more bacon onto the girl's plate. As she poured herself a cup of what she hoped was english breakfast tea, she asked them, "You guys sleep okay?"  

[Pie Thrower]

[John .: Disney Castle :. Living Quarters - Throne Room]

The wave of energy opened John's eyes, as they opened naturally. Physically chipper and a little excited to meet the new Earthlings, he stumbled out of his bed and walked out to the Throne Room.

On the way in, he gave a little wave and said, "Waddup yins! Fresh meat for the start of a new day I see!"

The room was already bustling with activity as there was everything from awkward noobies saying nothing, what seemed to be embarassment with Kyla, and of course the grumbly grumps that were in no way morning people. John spotted one particular grumpy Joseph, and plopped down next to him.

As he stuffed his face, he had forgotten his manners and said, "Oh sorry. I'm John y'all."

He swallowed and began pouring himself a large helping of coffee and placed it on the table in front of him.

"Name, name, name." He stated, pointing at each of the new earthlings.  

[Jeimuzu Kuro]

{Auron ; Leon : Disney Castle: Throne Room}

The Unsent Samurai who had no real need for sleep had rested for a time. However, he was awake long before the wave of energy washed through the rooms. Not long after the call for breakfast and the need to discuss things came from Merlin. Auron silently made his way through the halls towards the Throne Room. There was no rush, just as he didn’t need to sleep the samurai didn’t need to eat either. He regarded Kyla, standing in the doorway of the throne room with a brief look of curiosity. However, he ultimately decided not to say anything as he continued into the the large space and found the nearest seat. His stern gaze looked up and down the table, focusing briefly on each of the new Earthlings that had been found. More Earthlings meant more work, more people who needed guarding.

Leon slept very well and woke up feeling rested. By far the previous night had been the best sleep he had had since he had left Radiant Garden. Merlin’s call to breakfast and the topic of more new Earthlings intrigued the Gunblader as he got up and pulled on his boots and jacket, the last few pieces of his normal attire that he needed to get ready. After running a gloved hand through his brown hair he made his way to the throne room. As he approached the massive open doors he saw Kyla standing there, her face planted into her sketchbook.

”What’s up? Aren’t you hungry?” He asked, clearly confused as to why she was just standing in the entryway instead of sitting with her friends.  

[ArcanaFate]

[Nicholas <> Disney Castle <> Living Quarters >>> Bath >>> Throne Room]

If there was one thing that Nicholas could be trusted on, it was his sleep schedule was constantly changing. He woke likely hours before the others, feeling fully rested despite how little sleep he should have had. Maybe having a normal bed to sleep in was the secret. As he shuffled his way out of his sleeping quarters to the bath, the two broomsticks that had accompanied him the night before escorted him quietly.

Welp, it's official. I'm on house arrest with no magic. Thanks, Merlin.

The bard quietly made his way inside, turned on the water, and slowly prepared to get into the hot bath. The steam made it all but impossible to see, but he didn't care. It was truly calming and he honestly felt the best he could have in a full week. With a heavy sigh, Nicholas sank down into the water until it was just below his nose. His eyes heavy, he eventually drifted back to sleep in the bath for at least another hour and a half.

Then, the warming wave of magic swept over him and despite a moment of grogginess, his eyes shot wide open in alarm. He quickly hopped out and after a few minutes drying off, Nicholas reactivated his dress sphere, changing into a pair of black button-up long sleeve pajamas with matching pants, a pair of black slippers, and a robe of grey on top of that. He left his hair unkempt as he made his way to the throne room, eyes dull. But as he approached the throne room, however, the scent of a fresh breakfast hardened his gaze and back to move much faster to get some of that sweet, sweet food.

As he swept into the room, he ignored everyone around him as he quickly but calmly dashed for a plate, throwing eggs, toast, bacon, sausage, and a few pancakes on without so much as a word. He completed his breakfast ensemble with a large cup of coffee, adding milk and sugar before taking a seat on the far end of the table. Nicholas set everything down, slid into his seat, then blinked as he glanced about the table at the other Earthlings.

"...Sup." he stated to no one in particular.  

[Faerdhinen]

[ Feather : Disney : Rooms -> Throne Room ]

Listening to Sora, Feather followed with their eyes at the people he was calling out. They looked at the one named Kyle, and couldn’t help themselves by doing more references. References are in their blood it cannot be helped even though Feather really wanted to make good first impressions but the drive to narm is too strong. Well there isn’t anything too sappy, or serious, but the need to be funny is always there whether Feather likes it in themselves or not.

“Hi Kyyyllleee. Is there a Stan or a Kenny around? Oh wait, Kenny might be dead already.”

Trying to do their best Cartman impression from South Park, Feather just smiled through it all, a giant goofy grin plastered on their face. Use humour to make comrades, friends maybe not sure at this point, but definitely try to break through the stranger barrier.

Looking over to Joseph, Feather just had to suppress the hardest reaction to sing the Jojo opening, and speaking of Jojo, Feather piped up.

“Can I call you Jojo, and the other Joe just Joe? Since you are the first one here so first dibs.”

Feather asked Joseph with a light hearted tone while someone else sat next to Joseph and later getting shoved more food. Feather only finished ONE pancake at this point, working on half an omelette because unfortunately even with the delicious pancakes Feather has a small appetite. Maybe they can pack some away for later, pancake and jam sandwich things.

Feather had no idea who Nanaki or Zell was, and really didn’t care for Yuffie to begin with. They carefully kept their mouth shut.

After Bobbi noted about what Sora said, Feather couldn’t keep their s**t eating grin back as another woman walked in and faceplant herself into the pillowly mounds of Bobbi. Hehe boobie, that’s funny.

“Objection! That’s where you are wrong my marketable friend.” Feather directed that statement to Sora, and then Bobbi and waving their fork in the air pointing at nothing.

“Eli totally told me he saw Kyla when I checked the glowing thing, though it’s still a shame we couldn’t take him along as well. Technically he is kinda just a heart or entity or something, not sure. I wonder if we can just put it in a jar of dirt or something and take him along. Or a heart transplant, figurally or literally I’m no doctor. I guess I just will have to make sure to tell him what happens whenever possible. But knowing Kyla, she can’t do mornings and is going to take a while to get here. I just knew they will be fine; they are always getting into trouble though! Ugh I keep my eye off them for one second and everything goes to s**t.”

Feather went returned to her omelette, mildly content with themselves after a good rant like always as they watched Amy walk in. They waved to the person when she sat across from them.

Finally MDCBT stopped attempted to phase through bacon for the nth time on the bench and hoisted itself up onto the table to look for more things and do more cat like things even though it’s a train. It started staring at everyone with unblinking blank wide circles for eyes, and with its eight legs and bus train body, it just prowled the table tops and attempted to sit in empty laps or climb over or through people’s plates of food.

And then everything stopped for Feather, as soon as they heard a person talk, knowing it was Axel’s voice….they were not a fan of that character but it warranted a look. Locking eyes with her best friend, Feather immediately lost all control of trying to act like a normal person and went straight to the loony they are.

“KAIIIII!!!!”

Feather shouted happily, in the extremely loud voice they are known to be able to project, standing up so rapidly they forgot they were tucked in by bench to the table and got a kneeful of table.

“OW ********!”

After hitting their knees on the table and make a small rumble, Feather tipped backwards due to momentum of trying to stumble over the bench and rubbing their knees and just tumbled hitting the bench proper this time and sliding on the ground like everything to this point was a mistake.

“I’m okay!”

Feather shouted again, because forgetting to lower their voice from EXTREME to normal. Scrambling up quickly, Feather sprinted over to their best friend that wasn’t in some sort of light limbo.

Doing a quick “ayyye” finger gun motion to the cheerful lady who passed by, Feather attempted to fly tackle Kyla into a hug, getting good air time before forgetting that their aim was worse than a drunk man trying to pass the straight line test and flung themselves in between Axel and Kyla and into the hallway, missing Leon and Auron and the other person who just walked by.

Feather missed hearing for name as John asked for. Technically they missed John’s name too.

“I’m okay!”  

[fractalJester]

[ Kyle ; Sora ; Riku : Disney : Rooms -> Throne Room ]

Kyle quietly regarded most of what was going on as he took some scrambled eggs and breakfast tea.

One of the new people had a peculiar sense of humor (at least, he thought it was an attempt at humor) as they shoved pancake after pancake down. And... then made a South Park reference. Eh. The other was silently eating her food bit by bit, while the man was bashfully attempting to introduce himself (Luke, he noted). Interesting folk.

The first had some sort of... cat-bus? From that Miyazaki movie. Was that their summon? It would be the first summon from something not Final Fantasy...

Of course, then that one went into a tirade. Oh. Oh, they knew Kyla? Cool, more friends for more people.

Damian...

The racket around him was loud enough that he almost didn't hear too much else besides what was going on immediately near him. A loud gasp—maybe—followed shortly by James announcing his entry in...

"You appropriating dork," Kyle remark, giving the man a peculiar teasing glance. "It's one thing to be a weeb back home, but now that's gone and you're just yoinking an extinct culture. Or something like—"

Feather suddenly burst out with a scream, running and stumbling toward Kyla.

"—that?"

Then the others continued piling in, like Noelle (who seemed to be doing better), John, and even some of the other canons, and then Nicholas. Beyond him, still others began to show up: Jenny, Zeba, Maggie (who smiled at Kyla reuniting with Feather but moved forward), Alan, Jon, and so on and on.

Ah, right, they all have charms too. That explains the massive table and why Merlin needed Genie's help...

He 'hmmed' and sipped his tea quietly. They'd inevitably get to introductions after things settled down.  

[Gentleman Knives]

[ Joe : Disney : Rooms -> Throne Room ]

Joe awoke feeling perfectly well rested and ready to start the day. As he was not a morning person, this felt about as unnatural to him as several of the illusions he had been subjected to last night.

It was hard for him to believe that the events of yesterday had actually happened, much less that he'd been able to acquit himself as well as he did. He was still alive and hadn't humiliated himself. Good start in his mind.

He would have been content to lie in bed and think about everything in more detail, but certain entities had other ideas.

'UP MEWLING ORGAN SACK! IT IS TIME TO MEET THE DAY! SAVE YOUR CONTEMPLATIONS FOR ANOTHER TIME!'

"Oh, go screw yourself..." Joe muttered, rising out of bed and rubbing the back of his head, shaking the last bits of sleep out of his system.

'Your mortal mind could not begin to contemplate how such actions would be done. Now GO, and embrace the morning!'

'Fine.'he thought, moving over to the mirror. One of the nice things about having hair as short as his was that he could put absolutely zero effort into it and no one would notice. No mess, no fuss, and he could move onto more important things. Like eating.

He briefly looked himself over. He had to admit, the dress sphere was great. Not only did it take care of his glasses for him, but it also had dressed him in suitable lounging clothes: black athletic pants, a dark blue shirt, black sneakers, grey hoodie. Minimalist, just how he liked it.

Making his way back to the throne room behind most of the others, he decided the new people could wait until he got some coffee, so he made his way to the table and sat down, pouring himself a cup.

As he filled his plate with fruit and breakfast meat, he overheard Sora mention him and turned his head, noticing that he was sitting next to one of the new people, a young woman around his age who seemed preoccupied with her food.

"That would be me by the way." he said before taking another sip from his cup. "Name's Joe. I was the resident new person for around half a day yesterday, so congratulations on dethroning me, I guess."

He gestured to the rest of the group. "Anyway, welcome to the madhouse. Don't worry yourself to much about the others. They're good people once you get past the eccentricities."  

[Enji_Chou]

[Kyla: Disney: Throne Room]

She didn’t think she’d been standing there too long …but apparently she had been. Feeling her face wasn’t back to regular pigmentation yet before Leon inquired to the reason of her idleness the artist had no choice but to sheepishly lower the book.

“….mm no no, its…-grumble- Axel’s a jerk…”
She replied in a tone that wasn't very wounded, just resigned.

While still a little red in the face she attempted to swallow her embarrassment Kyla turned to Leon and nodded reassuringly.
“- it smells nice, let’s go, hope they don’t mind reading at the table.The stuff in the library is so interesting.” She smiled hefting the heavy tome under her arm when suddenly she turned towards the sound of someone calling a very specific name. Where they screaming, or calling, maybe both- but just using a name that caught her attention because either it was one of the new people’s names… or they had an unwanted visitor right?

She couldn’t have been more wrong as a familiar raven haired human came bounding up to her with the enthusiasm of a lost puppy having found it’s favorite person! Complete with lack of motor skills.
When she drew close enough her face struck a familiar chord with the pictomancer as she made a failure of a tackle glomp and instead landed in the hallway.
Kyla shared a look at Leon before looking back at the newcomer with a raised brow. She winced, it looked painfull.
Wait-!...Now she recognized this person.

"F-feather? Is that really you?” She was very surprised, out of all the people- and..

… the artist whinced again.
Something didn’t feel right, her chest felt oddly tight when taking in the young woman’s face.

“…u-ugh, um you sure you’re ok? Tackle hugs seems fun in theory but actually doing them... rarely ends well.” Kyla couldn’t just leave her there, and turning back she offered a hand. Now she got a good look at her-
“It IS you Feather!” Kyla face beamed, but brows creased.

Whats going on?

~ whose that?~


‘ My..Mother student, she was taught at my house. She’s a feisty lil thing. She escaped- huh-ugh…’

~Something wrong?~ the summon wandered back over to the two girls in the hall.

Carbuncle kept their dialogue internal due to feeling their partners confusion. Like hearing something jam, gears clicking and suddenly stopping. Kyla felt like there was something important she wasn’t realizing and it was bothering her.

More then that- what was this sensation. Feathers face was jogging some kind of reaction that cut short- like a memory with faces but no impressions.. just… absence. Not that wasn’t even it either.

The confliction was creating a real juxtaposition inside her. On the one hand she should be elated, beside herself with joy that someone from ------- no matter how------- made it. Her reaction, should be more heartfelt then this. It should be MORE…right?

“Feather.” She repeated, as if reaffirming the name was correct.
 

[HeadlessKoko]

[ Song : Disney : Rooms -> Throne Room ]

There was a lot to react to. Too much to react to, in fact. Unsure of where she stood or how to react delayed Song's reactions. By the time she decided on a way she would like to react the moment for it had gone. It'd happened several times in succession: once for each of the greetings, when Luke revealed his name, and during Feather's string of accidents in her mad charge to glomp someone she did not recognize to name a few.

Catbus remained in Feather's spot, though, and Song still had food to keep her busy. She decided to finish her food before any shenaniganery, finishing her mish mash and then moving on to her second pancake, which she arranged into a much more traditional meal. Just some jam on top. She didn't quite feel up for all the sugar in syrup.

That was about when the just Joe Joe that Sora was talking about sat down on Song's other side, the side that had not been previously occupied by a certain someone who probably had a few new, self-inflicted bruises. "H-hello," Song returned his greeting, finding it easier to come up with a reply when it was obvious that she was the intended recipient but still hesitating. Stumbling on her words in her haste to respond before this opportunity passed, "Well, I mean you see look over there. At Feather, I mean, the other new girl. I think she's the most eccentric now so…" . There went Song's train of thought. At a loss, she changed topics and blurted, "So Joe, how's your cup of Joe?". It was too late to take back the pun. A part of her mind wondered if maybe he was laughtose intolerant. That same part internally groaned.  

[fractalJester]

[ Riku : Disney : Throne Room ]

Riku snorted in response to Song's remark about Feather.

"The most eccentric?" he asked, slowly cutting into an apple. "She's made some odd remarks but she hardly tops the charts. Some of these people like to randomly break into song, and that's not even counting the actual music mages. And then, of course, there's Sora."

The other Keyblader could clearly hear his friend, but made no move to refute the remark; in fact, he basically just chewed his food and nodded as if it had been some sagely wisdom.  

[HeadlessKoko]

[ Song : Disney : Rooms -> Throne Room ]

Meal time conversation's old nemesis struck Song at the tail end of Riku's comment. She was stuck chewing her pancake during what would be the expected time to reply, so there was an awkward pause, a delay before Song's response. "Um, well," she tried to respond as soon as her mouth was cleared of food, but that just sort of trailed off as Song discarded several different things she could say.

It didn't take long for her to decide on what she did want to say, though. In fact, she felt rushed to provide a quick response despite also feeling pressured to, basically, not look like a loser. Regardless of how eccentric the group may be, there were different types of eccentricity and different levels. However, she was starting to loosen up, to begin toeing the waters. Song settled on responding with a smile and shooting back, "Randomly breaking out into song isn't normal?". A short breath to respect the different topics. Then Song finished with the question, "Anyways, what about Sora? You know, besides being perfectly fine with being called super weird?". She bit into another piece of pancake after the question, a sure a signal as any that she was done talking for at least the next bit.

Through the pressure of meeting video game heroes, Song put her all into looking natural and not flustered. It was probably working… mostly. She looked awkward in the little things. Her earlier smile felt like it was being simultaneously held back and forced out. The way she phrased the question following the smile might have sounded like there was a little too much emphasis at the parts people would normally put only a slight stress on. The biggest problem, besides containing her inner fangirl and keeping her cool, was that Song's mind was a whirlwind of reminders to not hold Sora, Riku, and the other canons up to any preconceived notions she had gathered from the games and fan works. She figured that she owed them that much. Like, if she was in their shoes, how weird would it be to find out people played your life as a video game? Super weird, that's what. Understanding how weird it was and out of respect for the fun she had playing their games, Song was trying her best to learn about the canons from scratch.  

[Gentleman Knives]

[ Joe : Disney : Throne Room ]

OK, so things were off to a particularly awkward start, but it could be worse.

Song seemed nice, if a bit shy and spacey. Joe sympathized. This was all a bit much for anyone to deal with and if her week had gone anything like his, this was her first real interaction with other people in a while. A little awkwardness could be forgiven.

His eyes shifted briefly over to this "Feather" upon Song's reference to her. Ah yes, the loud one with the references. That would take some adjusting to. A lot of adjusting.

'Well, as long as she's like some of the other weirdos here and behaves competently in the field , I can learn to live with it.'

Hopefully, the curve wouldn't be steep.

He gave an affirming grunt towards Riku's remark before chiming in himself.

"Yeah, trust me, what she's doing is nothing new. You should see these people when alcohol is involved."

"As for Sora, I can't say as much about as Riku here can, but I find him charmingly simple. Like a puppy. Just keep your words small and nod your head when he gets excited and you should be fine."  

[LevDa]

[Dani :~: Disney :~: Throne Room]

“Joe that isn-“ Dani tried to say to Joe before being scooched over by Noelle and more food was put onto her plate. Her cheeks immediately turning red in embarrassment by the comments. “God dammit” Dani spoke before putting on as much better as she can using her knife, her skills of using knives actually being abysmal, on the pancake. She even added syrup to the top before eating a bite, smiling a little bit at the taste.

“Well I haven’t had this since I was a kid” Dani said nonchalantly before smacking her hands over her mouth looking around realizing what she has just said. She then quietly picked up bacon before responding to Noelle’s question.

“It was weirdly nice,” Dani mused eating the bacon in one bite before picking up more that Noelle had put on her plate. “I was at the bottom of a lake swimming with Leviathan looking at different fish. Slightly calming and not constantly changing scenes besides sitting at the edge of the lake. I won’t go into more details since that would be boring.”

Dani then took a moment to scan the room before sighing. “It was kind of nice considering the other lingering thoughts in my head at the moment. I was pretty sure that would haunt me in my sleep. Hell it still could for all I know.”

Dani did her best to mentally reset before looking over at Noelle and Joe. “I apologize. Not the right time to be mentioning that. I guess my question is ‘what do we do now?’”