keychained | 006; [video]

[Sora's taking a break from traveling on Route 30 this morning to train a brand new friend he'd captured a few days ago in the Dark Cave-- the feed turns on, the camera focused up on Sora and a silly old bear, who is currently wobbling on his tiny feet and trying to mimic his trainer's pose.]

Is it on, Dapper? Good! Hey, you guys!

[he waves-- this is becoming the customary pokégear greeting for Sora. the Teddiursa at his feet waves a stubby little arm, too.]

I thought I'd show everyone out there training some warm-ups I learned from a good friend back in Traverse Town. They're called stoutness exercises, and they always helped me loosen up before a long day of fighting! Ready?

[there's an enthusiastic "Weedle!" from somewhere off-camera. oh look, Mr. Crankypants is going to try it, too.]

All you need to do is stretch your arms waaaaaay above your head, hold it there, then bend down and touch your toes, and hold it. Just stretch as high as you can, Dapper, okay? Do that ten times! Up, down, touch the ground!

[they slowly go through the motions of ten reps-- the Teddiursa is trying his darndest, but is having some issues actually touching his toes, and somersaults right onto his back on the last attempt. Sora bends down to help the little guy back on his feet, managing not to laugh.]

Good job, everyone! And now we eat.

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Yeah, let's do our best.

Yeah! We are gonna meet up soon, right? I think we're pretty close to Cherrygrove right now-- hey, stop squirming!

[the Teddiursa has taken Ven's words entirely to heart, and is trying to do the stoutness exercises while still in Sora's arms. after a minute of trying to hang on, he sets the teddy bear down on the ground.]

That's where Aqua and I are, so it sounds like we'll be seeing each other soon for sure.

[Oh my, Ven's gotta laugh a little at that. Somehow that little bear's really reminding him of Sora now]

Yeah, uh-- Terra told us to go back to Violet, but I'm kind of out of money... and most of my food...

[Sora looks just a little bit sheepish. Teddiursa, meanwhile, stretches his arms a little too high in the air and topples right over again-- he'll get it right one of these days.]

...Tell you what, we'll take you and Riku out to lunch when you get here.

And if you want to give me a few pointers about Heartless, I'll pay you for the lesson.

[see icon.]

Ooh, great! But you don't have to pay me, Ven. It's good to have people to train with!

[...best icon]

I still plan on training with you, but you're short on funds and I could stand to learn more about something I might see more of, so I think it's a fair trade.

How about we just think of lunch as payment? The only thing I'm really buying nowadays is food anyway.

It's gonna have to be a really good lunch in that case...

[if Sora finds some extra snacks stuffed in his backpack afterward, it wasn't Ventus]

I can't wait, then! It's gonna be great to finally hang out together.

[Ven is going to make Sora porky if he sneaks him too many snacks! hopefully Puddles wouldn't find them first.]

Definitely!

[nah, they'll be training so it'll balance out]

Terra and Aqua have Keyblades, too, right? We'll all train together!

-- And Riku, too.

That'll be great, I bet we'll all learn something new.

Yeah!

It's... kinda nice, actually. For the longest time I thought I was alone with the Keyblade.

According to Master Eraqus there aren't that many people left who can use them. And it's something that's gotta be passed down from a Master - or that's what I was taught.

Mine was supposed to go to Riku, but I'm not sure who would have passed it down to him.

Well...he said once that he met Aqua before, so maybe it was her?

[close, but no cigar, Ventus]

Maybe so! That would explain a lot, actually.

[though he still has a rather thoughtful look on his face.]

Looking back on it, I still really don't get why he didn't wind up with it to begin with. Riku's always been stronger than I am.

It's not about that kind of strength though.

What matters is what's in here.

[pats his chest]

Terra, Aqua, and me, we're all good at different things. But we're all strong inside and that's what matters.

[... Sora places a hand over his own heart.]

You're right. As long as I have my friends with me, I'll always be strong.

See? That's what counts with keyblades!

[FRIENDSHIP POWERS ACTIVATE. Sora doesn't say anything, he just grins cheesily at Ven.]

[and Ven gives him a bright smile in return]

-- Oh hey! I talked to Minnie earlier. She said it might be fun to have a contest to see who gets to be in the festival Court.

That's a good idea! What sort of contest?

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