Post by Riku on Sept 14, 2009 17:59:25 GMT -5
Break These Chains
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Name: Riku
Age: 16
Personality: When he was younger, Riku was extremely stubborn and easy to rile up. But after being in the darkness for so long, he’s more level-headed and looks before he leaps, even if he’s still just as stubborn about it when he does. The darkness has also left him even more anti-social than he already was. It takes him a long time to make friends, but he’s determinedly devoted to them—unless it feels like they’ve betrayed him. Riku has anxieties about being replaced that have gotten him in trouble in the past.
What game are you from/or are you a OC: Kingdom Hearts I, II, Chain of Memories, Re: Chain of Memories, and 358/2 Days
History: KHI:
Riku grew up with Sora and Kairi on Destiny Islands. Originally it was just Sora, and he seems to be much closer to Sora than he is to Kairi, but then she came along and got him interested in leaving the islands. He can tell that Sora is interested in Kairi as more than just a friend, and he’s used this to his advantage in the past, but he doesn’t seem to be very romantically interested in her himself.
On the night before the three of them were going to leave the islands, there was a storm as the Heartless attacked the islands. Riku realized that the door was opening to other worlds, and he tried to bring Sora with him—but Sora remained behind and inherited the Keyblade when Riku surrendered to darkness. Riku ended up in Hollow Bastion, where he fell in league with Maleficent. He never completely trusted Maleficent but sought to use her as she used him, and found his way to Traverse Town in time to encounter Sora. He’d told Sora that Kairi was coming with them back on the islands, but when Sora asked about her Riku admitted that he’d thought she was with Sora. At any rate, Sora was overjoyed to see him, but Donald wouldn’t let him come with them, and so Riku returned to Maleficent’s side and agreed with her that Sora had replaced Riku in his heart.
Riku then pursued the only other friend he had from the islands, which was Kairi. Maleficent found her body for him, but she was a heartless doll that would sleep forever unless he found the heart that would wake her up. So Riku went to Monstro and tracked down Pinocchio, a puppet that miraculously had a heart. He kidnapped Pinocchio to use it, but Sora stopped him and he returned to Kairi’s side in Neverland.
Sora chased him there eventually, and Riku created a dark form of Sora just to show off his newfound power. He also showed Sora that he’d found Kairi, succeeding where Sora had failed, and locked his best friend up. Sora fought his way through the ship, only for Riku to disappear on him with Kairi in his arms.
In Hollow Bastion, Riku was busy stopping the Beast from entering the castle when Sora showed up. Riku revealed that he was the true Keybearer and that Sora had only been the delivery boy all along, and when Riku acquired the Keyblade from him, he also got Donald and Goofy. The three of them moved on, but Sora chased after them, insisting that he wanted to see Kairi. Riku tried to take Sora’s heart, but the Keyblade changed hands on him again and Sora defeated him. He ran deeper into the castle, where the cloaked man he’d encountered on the islands merged with him and infused him with darkness.
After Sora defeated Maleficent, Riku-Ansem turned her into a dragon—but Sora defeated that too and chased Riku into the main hall where all the Princesses of Heart were being held. The possessed boy informed Sora that Kairi’s heart was within him this entire time, and fought him with a Keyblade made from the Princesses’ hearts, only to be defeated again. When he appeared again, he knew that Ansem was possessing his form and was trying to stop him. He managed to hold Ansem back long enough to let Kairi and the others escape, but then he was cast out of his own body. It took King Mickey’s guidance to get him to Kingdom Hearts, where he helped Sora close the door on himself and murmured, “Take care of her,” in parting.
CoM:
Riku found himself in the basement of Castle Oblivion, waking to the sound of a mysterious voice that gave him the choice to keep sleeping forever or awaken. He chose to wake, and started moving up through the castle, encountering Ansem several times along the way. King Mickey was there to pull him through these encounters, but the King could only do so much from afar.
A brief battle with Vexen yielded a Replica of Riku, who seemed stronger at first and taunted him for not accepting the darkness. Riku wasn’t taken in by his Replica’s words and went on to defeat Lexaeus and then Zexion, who he faced in the memory of Destiny Islands. It took Naminé’s help to get him through that encounter, disguised as Kairi. When he moved on to Twilight Town, he encountered a man who looked like Ansem, but who Riku knew was not. The man proved to be DiZ, an ambiguous observer who’d had his eye on Riku since he got to the castle. DiZ told him to go find Naminé, and Riku made it to the mansion to do just that, only to encounter his Replica again. The Replica had a total breakdown and challenged Riku to what turned out to be the Replica’s last fight, as when Riku defeated him he faded away.
Riku moved on inside to speak with Naminé and discovered Sora asleep in a pod. Naminé offered him the same: a chance to seal the darkness away and erase his memory of it. Riku refused on the grounds that someone had to be up and about while Sora was being a lazy bum, and moved on out of Twilight Town to defeat Ansem once and for all. He encountered DiZ one last time, this time with King Mickey at his side, and they received Organization cloaks that would keep the Nobodies from detecting them. When they left the castle and reached the crossroads, Riku chose the road to dawn.
KHII:
Under DiZ’s instruction, Riku tracked down Roxas and fought him to get him to cooperate. But he realized that he couldn’t defeat Roxas without assuming what he knew now was the form of Xehanort’s Heartless and not Ansem. Once he’d defeated Roxas and DiZ loaded the Nobody into the data Twilight Town’s programming, he visited several times to take things that found their way into Roxas’s hands as a way to keep distancing the boy from his surroundings. He actually did feel pity for Roxas, but his position with DiZ didn’t let him do much except let Naminé and Axel escape when DiZ decided it was time to destroy them.
Riku also went to the Land of Dragons to warn the Emperor of danger, and encountered Sora on the way. The two of them fought briefly, but then Riku ran for the castle and Sora didn’t get there in time to stop him.
At the End of the World, Riku finally encountered Kairi and Naminé both when he intervened to protect them from Saix. Kairi stopped him and pulled back his hood to discover his new form. Then he rescued her from the Heartless when she got in over her head and dual-wielded in order to give her a Keyblade for a short time. When Sora came up to greet Kairi, Riku started to leave—but Kairi stopped him and insisted that Sora come and realize that as Naminé had told her, he was Riku. When Sora realized this he was overwhelmed with emotion to the point of going down on his knees in front of his best friend and shedding tears of joy over their reunion. Riku, embarrassed, told Sora to quit it. He wasn’t happy that Sora had found him and had been trying to keep this from happening because he didn’t want Sora to see him like this. But Sora insisted that he was still Riku, no matter what he looked like, and the three of them moved on.
Sora defeated Saix and then Luxord, with Riku protecting Kairi when he could and being held hostage himself when he couldn’t. Then they discovered the real Ansem with King Mickey and Xemnas. Ansem had a laser that he had charged and pointed towards Kingdom Hearts to destroy it, but the machine was malfunctioning and Ansem ordered the others to stand back when it exploded. He died with his experiment, but it turned Riku back to his normal form.
Then Sora, Riku, Kairi, Donald, Goofy, and Mickey headed up to the Altar of Naught to fight Xemnas. But Xemnas challenged Sora specifically and Riku and the others were left behind, screaming his name. Sora was returned to them and Xemnas presumably died—except that then he joined with Kingdom Hearts and created the same doors that had been at the End of the World. Riku passed though them this time with Sora at his side, and Kairi and Mickey were left behind when they got trapped behind the doors. Sora, Riku, Donald, and Goofy proceeded to defeat this Kingdom Hearts and Xemnas both, and were returned to the Altar unharmed. Then Naminé opened a portal to Destiny Islands and Kairi and Sora spoke with her and Roxas briefly before heading towards the portal with the others. Kairi got through, but Riku and Sora were left behind alone. Then they discovered that Xemnas hadn’t died and was still fused with Kingdom Hearts, and rushed to defeat him.
Once they had, Riku had been injured while protecting Sora and was on the verge of collapse. Sora helped him to the blackened beach, the only place the nothingness would lead them to, and together they talked and decided to become the darkness, knowing that Kairi was safe on the other side. But Riku discovered a letter in a bottle from her to Sora, and it led them to the door to light. Upon passing through, they made it home to Kairi and the others.
Now he has faint memories of what happened, but he’s basically started over and as far as he knows none of this has actually taken place in this life.
Face Claim: N/A
Name: Riku
Age: 16
Personality: When he was younger, Riku was extremely stubborn and easy to rile up. But after being in the darkness for so long, he’s more level-headed and looks before he leaps, even if he’s still just as stubborn about it when he does. The darkness has also left him even more anti-social than he already was. It takes him a long time to make friends, but he’s determinedly devoted to them—unless it feels like they’ve betrayed him. Riku has anxieties about being replaced that have gotten him in trouble in the past.
What game are you from/or are you a OC: Kingdom Hearts I, II, Chain of Memories, Re: Chain of Memories, and 358/2 Days
History: KHI:
Riku grew up with Sora and Kairi on Destiny Islands. Originally it was just Sora, and he seems to be much closer to Sora than he is to Kairi, but then she came along and got him interested in leaving the islands. He can tell that Sora is interested in Kairi as more than just a friend, and he’s used this to his advantage in the past, but he doesn’t seem to be very romantically interested in her himself.
On the night before the three of them were going to leave the islands, there was a storm as the Heartless attacked the islands. Riku realized that the door was opening to other worlds, and he tried to bring Sora with him—but Sora remained behind and inherited the Keyblade when Riku surrendered to darkness. Riku ended up in Hollow Bastion, where he fell in league with Maleficent. He never completely trusted Maleficent but sought to use her as she used him, and found his way to Traverse Town in time to encounter Sora. He’d told Sora that Kairi was coming with them back on the islands, but when Sora asked about her Riku admitted that he’d thought she was with Sora. At any rate, Sora was overjoyed to see him, but Donald wouldn’t let him come with them, and so Riku returned to Maleficent’s side and agreed with her that Sora had replaced Riku in his heart.
Riku then pursued the only other friend he had from the islands, which was Kairi. Maleficent found her body for him, but she was a heartless doll that would sleep forever unless he found the heart that would wake her up. So Riku went to Monstro and tracked down Pinocchio, a puppet that miraculously had a heart. He kidnapped Pinocchio to use it, but Sora stopped him and he returned to Kairi’s side in Neverland.
Sora chased him there eventually, and Riku created a dark form of Sora just to show off his newfound power. He also showed Sora that he’d found Kairi, succeeding where Sora had failed, and locked his best friend up. Sora fought his way through the ship, only for Riku to disappear on him with Kairi in his arms.
In Hollow Bastion, Riku was busy stopping the Beast from entering the castle when Sora showed up. Riku revealed that he was the true Keybearer and that Sora had only been the delivery boy all along, and when Riku acquired the Keyblade from him, he also got Donald and Goofy. The three of them moved on, but Sora chased after them, insisting that he wanted to see Kairi. Riku tried to take Sora’s heart, but the Keyblade changed hands on him again and Sora defeated him. He ran deeper into the castle, where the cloaked man he’d encountered on the islands merged with him and infused him with darkness.
After Sora defeated Maleficent, Riku-Ansem turned her into a dragon—but Sora defeated that too and chased Riku into the main hall where all the Princesses of Heart were being held. The possessed boy informed Sora that Kairi’s heart was within him this entire time, and fought him with a Keyblade made from the Princesses’ hearts, only to be defeated again. When he appeared again, he knew that Ansem was possessing his form and was trying to stop him. He managed to hold Ansem back long enough to let Kairi and the others escape, but then he was cast out of his own body. It took King Mickey’s guidance to get him to Kingdom Hearts, where he helped Sora close the door on himself and murmured, “Take care of her,” in parting.
CoM:
Riku found himself in the basement of Castle Oblivion, waking to the sound of a mysterious voice that gave him the choice to keep sleeping forever or awaken. He chose to wake, and started moving up through the castle, encountering Ansem several times along the way. King Mickey was there to pull him through these encounters, but the King could only do so much from afar.
A brief battle with Vexen yielded a Replica of Riku, who seemed stronger at first and taunted him for not accepting the darkness. Riku wasn’t taken in by his Replica’s words and went on to defeat Lexaeus and then Zexion, who he faced in the memory of Destiny Islands. It took Naminé’s help to get him through that encounter, disguised as Kairi. When he moved on to Twilight Town, he encountered a man who looked like Ansem, but who Riku knew was not. The man proved to be DiZ, an ambiguous observer who’d had his eye on Riku since he got to the castle. DiZ told him to go find Naminé, and Riku made it to the mansion to do just that, only to encounter his Replica again. The Replica had a total breakdown and challenged Riku to what turned out to be the Replica’s last fight, as when Riku defeated him he faded away.
Riku moved on inside to speak with Naminé and discovered Sora asleep in a pod. Naminé offered him the same: a chance to seal the darkness away and erase his memory of it. Riku refused on the grounds that someone had to be up and about while Sora was being a lazy bum, and moved on out of Twilight Town to defeat Ansem once and for all. He encountered DiZ one last time, this time with King Mickey at his side, and they received Organization cloaks that would keep the Nobodies from detecting them. When they left the castle and reached the crossroads, Riku chose the road to dawn.
KHII:
Under DiZ’s instruction, Riku tracked down Roxas and fought him to get him to cooperate. But he realized that he couldn’t defeat Roxas without assuming what he knew now was the form of Xehanort’s Heartless and not Ansem. Once he’d defeated Roxas and DiZ loaded the Nobody into the data Twilight Town’s programming, he visited several times to take things that found their way into Roxas’s hands as a way to keep distancing the boy from his surroundings. He actually did feel pity for Roxas, but his position with DiZ didn’t let him do much except let Naminé and Axel escape when DiZ decided it was time to destroy them.
Riku also went to the Land of Dragons to warn the Emperor of danger, and encountered Sora on the way. The two of them fought briefly, but then Riku ran for the castle and Sora didn’t get there in time to stop him.
At the End of the World, Riku finally encountered Kairi and Naminé both when he intervened to protect them from Saix. Kairi stopped him and pulled back his hood to discover his new form. Then he rescued her from the Heartless when she got in over her head and dual-wielded in order to give her a Keyblade for a short time. When Sora came up to greet Kairi, Riku started to leave—but Kairi stopped him and insisted that Sora come and realize that as Naminé had told her, he was Riku. When Sora realized this he was overwhelmed with emotion to the point of going down on his knees in front of his best friend and shedding tears of joy over their reunion. Riku, embarrassed, told Sora to quit it. He wasn’t happy that Sora had found him and had been trying to keep this from happening because he didn’t want Sora to see him like this. But Sora insisted that he was still Riku, no matter what he looked like, and the three of them moved on.
Sora defeated Saix and then Luxord, with Riku protecting Kairi when he could and being held hostage himself when he couldn’t. Then they discovered the real Ansem with King Mickey and Xemnas. Ansem had a laser that he had charged and pointed towards Kingdom Hearts to destroy it, but the machine was malfunctioning and Ansem ordered the others to stand back when it exploded. He died with his experiment, but it turned Riku back to his normal form.
Then Sora, Riku, Kairi, Donald, Goofy, and Mickey headed up to the Altar of Naught to fight Xemnas. But Xemnas challenged Sora specifically and Riku and the others were left behind, screaming his name. Sora was returned to them and Xemnas presumably died—except that then he joined with Kingdom Hearts and created the same doors that had been at the End of the World. Riku passed though them this time with Sora at his side, and Kairi and Mickey were left behind when they got trapped behind the doors. Sora, Riku, Donald, and Goofy proceeded to defeat this Kingdom Hearts and Xemnas both, and were returned to the Altar unharmed. Then Naminé opened a portal to Destiny Islands and Kairi and Sora spoke with her and Roxas briefly before heading towards the portal with the others. Kairi got through, but Riku and Sora were left behind alone. Then they discovered that Xemnas hadn’t died and was still fused with Kingdom Hearts, and rushed to defeat him.
Once they had, Riku had been injured while protecting Sora and was on the verge of collapse. Sora helped him to the blackened beach, the only place the nothingness would lead them to, and together they talked and decided to become the darkness, knowing that Kairi was safe on the other side. But Riku discovered a letter in a bottle from her to Sora, and it led them to the door to light. Upon passing through, they made it home to Kairi and the others.
Now he has faint memories of what happened, but he’s basically started over and as far as he knows none of this has actually taken place in this life.
Face Claim: N/A
We will fight
Weapons: This bludgeon.
Powers:
-Dark Aura: Manifests in several spherical blasts of dark energy that knocks the enemy back.
-Dark Shield: A clear, hexagonal barrier that protects Sora or others and enables Riku to move inhumanly fast to secure it.
-Cure Potion: A strong healing spell.
-Hyper Healing: A quicker way of healing one person in dire straits, but without the effectiveness of Cure Potion.
-Eternal Session: A prolonged and flashy attack he can perform only alongside Sora that begins with two quick flurries of attacks followed by a barrage of dark blasts, an undulating attack with XIII blades, and a finisher that sucks the enemy in and utterly rapes them with light.
How did you find us: I’m Axel, Kairi, and Zidane
Custom Title: Way to the Dawn
Sample RP: The beach was as gritty as the one back home, the seagulls just as occasional, and the waves just as nostalgic. There was chatter from other beachgoers from time to time, but Riku could avoid them--and really, they weren't all that different from the kids back on the islands. If he closed his eyes, he could almost imagine he was back there. Like he'd open them and see the paopu islet. Like he'd turn around and see the Seaside Shack or the Secret Place or the pier. Like Sora or Kairi would run up in another minute and want to know what he was doing all by himself, did he want to spar or play?
He hated it.
Granted, he'd probably had about enough of the islands for a lifetime. And granted, he could always go back there--not like when they were lost to the darkness. But still, being in a place that was so familiar without being the same just got under his skin somehow.
That's not how you felt on the black beach.
True...but Sora had been there. And there'd been a hole in his heart where he was missing Kairi, but Sora had been enough.
Then...he didn't miss the islands. He missed them.
He shifted, one hand finding its way to his pocket and the other turning a shell over and over against his palm and exploring the smooth inside with his thumb--an old habit. Aquamarine eyes narrowed at the sea like it had something to do with the inexorable pull of memory.
Password: Lifestream
Weapons: This bludgeon.
Powers:
-Dark Aura: Manifests in several spherical blasts of dark energy that knocks the enemy back.
-Dark Shield: A clear, hexagonal barrier that protects Sora or others and enables Riku to move inhumanly fast to secure it.
-Cure Potion: A strong healing spell.
-Hyper Healing: A quicker way of healing one person in dire straits, but without the effectiveness of Cure Potion.
-Eternal Session: A prolonged and flashy attack he can perform only alongside Sora that begins with two quick flurries of attacks followed by a barrage of dark blasts, an undulating attack with XIII blades, and a finisher that sucks the enemy in and utterly rapes them with light.
How did you find us: I’m Axel, Kairi, and Zidane
Custom Title: Way to the Dawn
Sample RP: The beach was as gritty as the one back home, the seagulls just as occasional, and the waves just as nostalgic. There was chatter from other beachgoers from time to time, but Riku could avoid them--and really, they weren't all that different from the kids back on the islands. If he closed his eyes, he could almost imagine he was back there. Like he'd open them and see the paopu islet. Like he'd turn around and see the Seaside Shack or the Secret Place or the pier. Like Sora or Kairi would run up in another minute and want to know what he was doing all by himself, did he want to spar or play?
He hated it.
Granted, he'd probably had about enough of the islands for a lifetime. And granted, he could always go back there--not like when they were lost to the darkness. But still, being in a place that was so familiar without being the same just got under his skin somehow.
That's not how you felt on the black beach.
True...but Sora had been there. And there'd been a hole in his heart where he was missing Kairi, but Sora had been enough.
Then...he didn't miss the islands. He missed them.
He shifted, one hand finding its way to his pocket and the other turning a shell over and over against his palm and exploring the smooth inside with his thumb--an old habit. Aquamarine eyes narrowed at the sea like it had something to do with the inexorable pull of memory.
Password: Lifestream
