#ephemerweek2024

the fountain at dawn

It's been a journey, for both you and me.

EphemerWeek2024 | Day 1: Scene

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EPHEMERA!!! I can't believe our boy had his screen debut 10 years ago!!!!! I will always be first in line to drag this man's ass but he is also my dear friend who I love :)

a beacon in the darkest of nights 🕯️

12.25.2014 — 12.25.2024

the ghost of you

Prompt: Dream | Nightmare | An alternate form or outfit you’d love to see

...Chirithy did say that the line between death and sleep is pretty slim. Or something along those lines.

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            Tap.  Tap.  Tap.

            This place was very…quiet.  Not too unlike the remains of Daybreak Town, if Ephemer thought about it.  The only sound was his footsteps—too loud in the silence, splashing across the shallow water.

            Tap.  Tap.  Tap.

            It was empty, too.  In that, it differed from the remains of his home.  Daybreak Town still looked like it had been something, once; the houses were broken and half-submerged, the Clock Tower was in pieces, the streets rose like bones from the water, but everything was still there.  This place had…nothing.  Just sea and sky, stretching on and on for eternity.

            Tap.  Tap.  Tap.

            “What is this place?”  His voice came out more hushed than he intended; it felt like he was intruding, even if he hadn’t planned on being here at all.  Wherever here was.

            Tap.  Tap.  Ta—

            Wait.  What’s that?

            It was so hazy he almost missed it at first—the faintest glimmers of starlight, glittering just above the water.  There was—a shape there, if he squinted.  What’s…?

            The familiarity hit him with all the force of a Keyblade to his chest, and suddenly, he found that he couldn’t breathe.

            (For a moment, he was standing back in the basement of the Clock Tower, the world rumbling overhead and the crack of Keyblades ringing in his ears.)

Disclaimer: I have deliberately avoided spoilers from Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link's beta. I also may have been influenced by outside forces. 😅

Sigurd led the newcomer towards the statue at the center of Fountain Plaza, stretching his arm out dramatically as they approached.

"And this is the statue of the Founder, Master Ephe--" He stopped mid-sentence, and the newcomer turned to look at him, before following his gaze to see a young man around the same age as her, perhaps a few years older, sitting on the statue's shoulder. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Sigurd shake his head and mutter, "Not again."

Sigurd yelled up at the man, voice now more stern. "Brain! Get down from there! You're supposed to treat the Founder's statue with dignity and respect! You're going to be a bad influence on the newcomer!"

The man, Brain his name seemed to be, whispered something to the statue before hopping down from the statue. He tipped his cool hat at the newcomer as he approached, before reaching his hand out for a handshake.

"Hey, there. I'm Bra--" He stopped, recognition sparking in his eyes, a shocked expression on his face. "Wait, you're...Why are you here...? Shouldn't you be...?" Brain gestured back at the statue behind him.

Sigurd stepped forward. "Brain, all she remembers is her name."

"It's--" Whatever Brain said went unheard as she stared up at the statue, a pang in her heart, as if only now becoming aware that there was something missing.

"He's cute," she blurted out without thinking, cheeks flushing as she realized what she had said.