keychained | 020; [action for Goldenrod/Route 34]

[if one is brave enough to venture outside in the cold and snow and ice and onto Route 34 today, he or she may notice a feral child just outside the entrance to Goldenrod-- Johto's very own Mowgli is sitting cross-legged off to the side, hunched over with his arms wrapped tightly around himself. surprisingly enough, snow is pretty chilly when one lacks a winter coat.]

[it's not out of not owning one, however; Sora's coat is actually laid out on the ground in front of him. no... wait, it's haphazardly draped across about the top third of a Dratini, who is curled up with his head resting on Trainer's lap. the coat isn't much, but it's all Sora's got.]

C'mon... We're maybe ten minutes away from the Center. You can do it! We've made it this far together, right?

[a pitiful whine from the Dratini. Sora's momentarily defeated expression is obscured by his hair, and by the fact that he's staring down at the ground. though it's probably equally pitiful, that defeat hardens into steel determination-- he and Pokémon hadn't trudged around out in who-knows-where for two weeks, and finally back onto the route to wind up freezing to death now.]

All right. [his voice is unsteady, but warm.] I think you've pulled more than your own weight lately... I'll keep going for the both of us. Okay? Hold still; I'll carry you.

[... how Sora intends to pick up and carry what is essentially a 6-foot giant worm is questionable, but dangit, he's going to try-- once he picks himself up and actually gets going, anyway. good thing Dratinis are on the light side for their length.]

... Y'mean like... [well, pretty much everybody in Kingdom Hearts ever?]

What should I call you then?

This probably won't confuse you any less, but I've got the same name.

I'd rather not have to call you Riku 1 and Riku 2, though...

If you want to call me something different, that's fine.

[but only Sora, after all he does like his name]

Really? Mmm...

What kinds of things do you do for fun, then?

That wouldn't be very accurate, anyhow.

If anything, I'm a journal.

[hold that thought, Dataku, Sora has a very very eloquent response to this new information.]

... ... ... ... What?

It's a long story, but...

You know the journal that Jiminy keeps?

[can you guess where he's going with this, Sora?]

[sadly, when it comes to anything vaguely computer related, Sora is clueless.]

Oh! Yeah, I've been keeping one for him here. It's... somewhere around here... [and he nearly flops out of his bed looking for it.]

You drew the gummi ship crashing and wrote something about Donald being a bad pilot.

But on the same page it's stated that was your doing.

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