Panic threads through her when the world darkens around them. Its not a familiar darkness of the corridors or the void that dwelled at the edge of Never Was. Goosebumps ratchet up her spine as the magic takes hold and connects them, heart to heart.
Its hard, because she instinctively tries to throw up something like a mental barrier, fearful of the darkness - the heart shard - within her leaking out.
“Woah!” A step back, her hand almost snapping up to summon her keyblade again. Yeesh, she’s so jumpy…
And if this magical space allowed Kairi to see into her other’s heart, see both the Foreteller and the Princess, the clarity of truth went both ways. She could see them, and they could see the ugly truth about her. The heart shard, a jet-black piece of Xehanort’s own heart, pierced up and out of her chest. Shining darkly, and dripping inky black ichor down the front of her coat.
She starts at the sight of it, then stubbornly looks away.
“She’s a Foreteller,” she says to her other first. “She’s used to doing what she wants and expecting everyone else to obey, I guess.”
Then, to Vulpes herself. “Sure, what do you want to know? Its not like he’s really hiding his objectives now-a-days.”
“He wants to start a Second Keyblade War. So, to do that, he’s gathering thirteen vessels of pure darkness,” she gestures to herself, the coat, the eyes, the twisted crystal barb in her chest. “And seven representatives of light. He’s a little flexible on the lights, either the Princesses of Heart or just seven Guardians of Light will do. He’s gonna gather them up at the Keyblade Graveyard, make us all fight and harvest our hearts to forge the X-Blade, then open the path to the true Kingdom Hearts.”
“Then, he’s counting on every keyblade wielder in the cosmos to come running to fight over it. The resulting calamity will destroy the worlds like it did before, and in the aftermath, he’ll remake everything how he wants it. End the ‘tyranny of the light’ and make a world of equal light and darkness.”
[狐] “Ooh, that looks problematic,” Vulpes commented quietly, observing the heart shard protruding from other Kairi’s chest. Problematic didn’t even begin to describe it, honestly. Vulpes had never seen anything quite like this before... Xehanort must be a scary man if he could split himself up like that, and not care about the repercussions. Just like someone she used to know, hah, the similarities were so strong.
Both Vulpes and her Kairi listened to the other tell her story. The beginning of which they both already knew, like the Second Keyblade War, the thirteen vessels and the guardians, and so on. But the extra tidbit certainly shocked Vulpes, however Kairi seemed to recall hearing something like that already, perhaps on a briefing from Yen Sid, or the King. Vulpes was surprised mainly due to Xehanort’s audacity-- having lived through the first war, she couldn’t imagine a second one.
“It won’t happen quite like that...” Vulpes mumbled to herself, pursing her lips together and folding her arms over. “How many Keyblade wielders does he think are still around? We haven’t even found that many--” Vulpes gestured to herself and Princess Kairi. “--and I can’t imagine there are many more considering how a majority of them are dead,” she finished spitefully.
Meanwhile Kairi was quietly counting off on her fingers how many Keybearers she knew. Certainly not enough to fight over the light within Kingdom Hearts, unless there were more hiding away somewhere. There was herself, Sora, Riku, Lea, The King, and Roxas, although she wasn’t sure if he was still present or not. She began to wonder that if Roxas could wield a Keyblade due to being Sora’s other half, then could Namine? But the thought quickly diminished. Surely if she had a Keyblade, it would have been known by now. Either way, five or six Keybearers wasn’t enough to destroy the worlds, especially when they were smart enough not to.
Vulpes began to pace, one hand held over her mouth, shaking her head slowly. “No, no this simply won’t do. That’s not going to work-- Kairi!” Vulpes stopped, looking at the vessel. “What of his Keyblade? What does it look like? Does it--” She grasped for words, grumbling until she stuck out her hand and summoned her own blade. She pointed to the Fox, and then to the Keychain. “Does his Keyblade have these sort of symbols? An animal, and an eye?”
If Xehanort had that Keyblade, it had to mean Six’s legacy had a hand in this. A most ancient Keyblade... What if Six was still around? That... That blasted No Heart! Just thinking about him got Vulpes all riled up. She needed to calm down somehow. Perhaps addressing Vessel Kairi’s issue would help.
Her blade vanished and Vulpes approached Kairi, pressing her hands together and trying to formulate the proper words. She was never suitable for conversation when she was annoyed or angry, that’s for sure. “Right, okay, your fragment. That’s definitely a huge problem,” She said with a small nod of her head to the shard, “and it’s going to be an utter pain to fix. ...But I think there may be a way. I think I may be able to lessen it’s influence on you, and remove it completely. ... However, as I am right now, I don’t think I can... I would have to reach my full power, and have my own body, instead of sharing one with our Princess here. And... we’re not sure how to do that yet. ...Would you like me to try, regardless?”
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