[CMO] Like, is any of this for real, or not?

[kingdomkeeper]

This is gonna be pretty bare-bones but w/e I NEED SOME THREADS bc I'm working on a potential app for Sora and need samples. Some more voicetesting of course is always a plus!

RANDOM SCENARIO MEME PROMPTS if you need a kickstart for prompt ideas, or you can just hit this up with your character and we can figure out a thing from there, don't gotta be fancy. Feel free to hit me up on plurk at winterbolt or discord Chiluver#6626 for plotting stuff too!

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[leggierissimo]

If you ask me, I believe you've more than paid the price for it. I'm not sure how long you were in that place, of course, but I used to check in on it occasionally, out of pure curiosity. I fell out of habit, though... about a year ago, if I had my guess.

[There's probably no telling. Sora wouldn't have had any way of knowing the passage of time, either. Places like that are outside the regular flow of time in their own ways - technically, they don't exist at all in their respective timelines.

Still, Joshua tips his head and smiles.]

Lucky for you, I'm not much of one for following rules to the letter. Besides, Shibuya is my jurisdiction. If the Higher Planes have an issue with your rescue, they can say so to my face.

[kingdomkeeper]

[Sora really does think he's lucky, knowing Joshua. If he didn't...why, he could have very well spent the rest of time in that Shibuya. Or maybe not, if Joshua still found him as a stranger and felt like taking pity on him. Who could truly say.

Joshua saying Shibuya is his jurisdiction suggests that so long as Sora is here, then he's safe from whatever pulled him into Quadratum in the first place. He's not sure what that means for...well. His continued existence though, and that shows in the way he looks back at Joshua, a mixture of uncertainty muddying his features.]

I just...I don't wanna go back there.

[Not if it means he'll be alone again.]

But I don't know what it means for me to be here, either. I should be back in my world.

[But...he can't be. Can he?

He's displaced...and he's not sure if going back is an option now.]

[leggierissimo]

[The concern is obvious, but Joshua pays it no mind. Sora has every right to be worried about it, but Sora also doesn't know what he's capable of. Not yet, at any rate.]

You won't be going back, no worries there. I've pulled you out, and as far as I'm concerned, you're taking refuge here while we figure out what to do with you. Same as any refugees from another district, though in your case it's from a bit farther away.

[He picks up his phone again, tapping away at the screen while occasionally humming or frowning thoughtfully.]

This is only a temporary accommodation, of course. I can set you up with a place to stay, some clothes to wear, some funds to use. In the meantime, I'll see what we might be able to find out.

[kingdomkeeper]

[He honestly should have expected that Joshua would have things under control, and part of him was optimistic underneath that defensive layer he’s built up over time by sheer necessity alone. After a while of being around people again Sora will no doubt be back to his old self, but for now…it’s still almost too hard to believe he’s here to begin with. Never mind the fact that something…something still doesn’t feel right. He can’t put his finger on it; he just knows it has to do with Quadratum.

Someone- something- is still calling to him from there. Still pulling at him, despite Sora now being beyond its reach.

For now, he just has to trust Joshua.]

Okay. And if there’s anything I can-

[Wait. That does bring something to mind as he sits forward a bit in his seat.]

Are there Heartless here? [He asks, before remembering that Joshua only ever saw Dream Eaters, not actual Heartless.]

They’re like Dream Eaters, but different.

[leggierissimo]

[In reality, altering things to make the aforementioned accommodations takes very little effort. It's done within seconds - conveniently, an apartment just so happens to have been purchased in Sora's name weeks ago, and there's a well-established bank account with a couple hundred thousand yen in it.

The name gets a glance up, though, and a raising of eyebrows. Heartless...?]

No, I don't believe so. Coincidentally, I haven't seen any Dream Eaters here, either. Only the Noise... which, if you're lucky, you won't even notice.

[As he finishes tapping away on his phone, he holds up one hand; a white rectangle pops into existence in his fingers, and with a couple of invisible brush strokes, it turns into a debit card, which gets passed across the table.]

Here. Use this to pay for whatever you need. Don't worry about how much is on it - I'll see to it that it doesn't run out. And, if anyone asks, your last name is Suzuki. Suzuki Sora, specifically. Surname first, given name last.

[kingdomkeeper]

[That's both a relief on one hand, but on the other immediately creates a sort of vacuum that Sora is going to have to try to figure out how to fill. Most of his time spent in other worlds, typically, has revolved around clearing out the Heartless and helping people out where he could otherwise. But here...he's even more of a stranger in Shibuya than he was in any other world he's visited. His Keyblade might as well be a fancy universal key, for all the use it has for him at the moment. Not that he used it in Quadratum, really...

He nods at Joshua's confirmation, and while he does feel a twinge of curiosity hearing him mention Noise, he doesn't question Joshua further about them yet. Maybe if they do show up, but apparently if he's "lucky" they won't.

Ominous.

He watches as Joshua just conjures that debit card out of nothing, taking it carefully as its passed to him. He's immediately struck with a bit of an overwhelmed feeling, one that's different from the general feeling of being overwhelmed by the scope of Shibuya. Sora carries around munny in various worlds for usage, sure, but this is different. He's going to be a bit struck by the sticker shock when he realizes just how much Joshua has left him, but that's a realization for later. For now, he slips it carefully into one of his pockets.]

Suzuki Sora...alright.

Is there anything else I should do?