songerein | [open!] you're only everything I ever dreamed

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[open!] you're only everything I ever dreamed

Who: The Kingdom Hearts cast + You!
Which: Open Log!
Where: The collection of treehouses that the cast has made! And other areas!
What: An open log for residents and adjacent CR to come and go. Top levels inside!
Warnings: tba!

[Now that the residents of Songerein are settling in it seems that a group of uncanny key kids (and a few others) have come together to make a nice little collection of connecting treehouses. The houses are dreamed up and put together with a patchwork of wooden bridges and boards and spruced up with fairy lights that glow and hang from the rafters. The treehouses are high in the canopies of thick trees and the balcony sections are open and breezy for any visitors to come to walk up the steps and see.

Down below the treehouses on the ground seems to be a rather flourishing garden of sunflowers. Where they come from or how they sprouted is still unclear. But it is joined with a rather chubby-looking chicken that pecks at the ground occasionally. Along with the grazing chicken, there seems to be a whoosh of dragonfly wings as a large dragonfly has taken to the treehouse as a home too. And what is this? It seems they might have a small collection of blue birds that won't leave the house alone. What other creatures are out and about?

Dreammotion energy seems to be strong around the treehouses. As the trees house a collection of boys with vivid and wild imaginations. Sometimes lights will flicker brighter or plants will bloom with various strange flowers. And the smell of baking chocolate and cookies is always in the air.]

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[Sora's not the only one who's been deprived of certain foods. While his diet wasn't as restrictive as Sora's had been, being part dog meant he couldn't eat any chocolate without getting sick, and so he's hovering near Sora, elbows on the counter as he watches the other boy cook.]

Man, it smells really good... I can't wait to try them!

[And boy is Sora happy to be conducting this very important experiment with Roxas. The two of them really went through it back in Aefenglom. Sora couldn't imagine what it was like to never have chocolate but he had to suffer from never having salty savoury things like bacon. Even if he acquired a taste for greens and veggies now.]

Yeah! This is going to be awesome!

[For science!]

It's also awesome that we were able to get this place set up like this, huh?

[A very important experiment indeed! Going almost a whole year without eating bacon or chocolate? Obviously, they had to gorge themselves to celebrate.]

Yeah! Just don't burn it, okay?

[He means it in jest. If Roxas still had a tail, it would be wagging a mile a minute.]

Yeah, it's pretty great. Even if the tree tried to destroy me when I first got here...

Would I ever burn something as important as this, Roxas?!

[He grins triumphantly as the bacon sizzles contently in the pan. Just a few minutes more! And meanwhile, he has the pot of swirling hot chocolate gently bubbling in the pot. It's a good thing that Sora is better at these things these days. To an extent.]

Haha! What! Did the tree try and hit you or something? This is the biggest one we could find, though!

[Gosh, the scent of cooking bacon and heated chocolate is heavenly. He knows Sora is the better cook between the two, and to be fair he doesn't really want to interrupt the chaos that is Sora cooking. So he's happy to sit and watch.]

Pretty much! I thought it was attacking Kor, and so I might have shot fire at it... and it tried to attack me after that. But Kor calmed it down.

[Around them, the boughs sway a little, even though there is no wind. Almost as if in reply to Roxas's words.]

[Is Roxas happy to sit and watch? Too bad! Sora is now passing him a wooden spoon with an earnest smile.]

Here! Keep stirring the chocolate and don't let it burn! I'll finish the bacon!

[No pressure, Roxas!]

Wow, the tree really tried to fight you guys? I guess it's a good thing you guys made up with it. Are we friends with our house now?

Oh..! Uh, sure...

[Oh geez, no pressure! Roxas nods and takes the spoon, going to stir the chocolate.]

It did, yeah. And I think so. At least, we aren't fighting anymore.

[Another shake of the nearby branches, as if the tree itself is nodding in agreement.]

[Surely Roxas can do that and not burn the chocolate. It's all about the little steps.]

Thanks, tree! Being friends with the tree is better than getting kicked out of it. Or whooped by a branch or two.

[Sora lets out a laugh.]

[At the very least he can make sure the chocolate won't burn. He'll be on your level soon, Sora!]

Yeah, I'd rather not fight with the place we're staying, you know?

[It sure was weird, but at least it seems like the matter had been resolved peacefully!]

[Sora then removes the cooked bacon from the burner and takes out the bacon so it can dry out on some paper. He will be a good boy and properly dispose of the bacon grease as well.]

Yeah. I'm just glad we're all together this time around. It feels better this way even if I know Vanitas is a little fussy about it.

[Don't worry, Sora will fight him.]

There, I think we should be almost ready to dip some bacon!

Yeah. I mean... I know I'm back in my own body now, and aren't part dog anymore, but like... I still get that urge to make sure everyone's okay, you know? Living nearby helps with that.

[Lingering instinctual echoes, perhaps? Who knew. But living nearby made Roxas feel comfortable, and that's all that mattered.]

Is it almost ready? This chocolate's making my mouth water!

I dunno, you've always been a pretty protective person, Roxas. I know how you feel about your friends.

[He gives the blond a grin. He has seen Roxas go apeshit over his friends, so...!]

Okay, let's do this! Wanna do the first part?

[He turns the burner off to the chocolate and pulls it off the burner. Now it'll be time to dip some bacon and let it dry and harder up on the rack.]

Heheh, that's true...

[So then maybe those dog instincts just amplified what was already there..? Who knew.]

[In any case, Roxas perks up, watching Sora bring the chocolate bowl over to the bacon.]

Sure! So we just... dip it in and eat it?

[Sora gives a small shake of his head.]

Nope, not quite! We've gotta dip the bacon into the chocolate to give them a nice coat but then we gotta let the pieces dry and harden on the rack. That way we're not just getting messy with sticky wet chocolate all over the place. Make sense?

[Hopefully Sora is a decent teacher!]

Huh... I didn't think of that. That's a good idea.

[Look at that! Sora can be a good teacher sometimes!]

Okay, then let's get going. I wanna eat this bacon!

[He can be a good teacher sometimes, yeah! Maybe someday when he's older he would like to be a teacher of some kind.]

Alright, here we go!

[Once the bacon has dried and crisped up they can start to dip the bacon into the chocolate. He hands some pieces to Roxas and then gets started on a few of his own.]

Easy does it!

Right!

[Roxas does his best to be careful, dipping it to make sure that there isn't too much or too little chocolate. A couple of the bacon pieces do break, but he just... puts them on the cooling rack anyway. Small pieces are good too, right?]

[Between the two of them, it doesn't take long for the bacon to be properly dipped in chocolate.]

I think that's about it..!

[Small pieces are great too. Just as tasty! It's okay if they aren't perfect since they're not masters at this or anything like that.]

That looks good, Roxas! You're a natural! Just for that you better get the first piece.

Well, I had your help with it!

[But Roxas is indeed preening at the praise. And aah, that bacon looks so good... he's so excited!]

[With Sora's insistence, Roxas reaches forward to take a piece, looking it over before taking a bite. Cronch.]

[Nom.]

[Nom.]

[And Roxas's eyes widen at the flavour.]

Mmm! Sora, this is so good!!

[Salty, sweet, crunchy- all in one! How can anyone go wrong!]

Haha! Yeah!! We did it! That's great that you like it, Roxas!!

[Don't mind as Sora takes his own piece and cronches into it too. Salty sweet and satisfying... So much that Sora has little yellow sparkles that seem to appear and twinkle around him.]

Yeah! This is the best! Nothing beats chocolate! Or bacon!

[It's delicious. It's heavenly. Salty, yet, sweet... in a way he's reminded of sea-salt ice cream, but where that was soft and cold, this was crunchy and warm. Mmm...]

It's so good... how come we've never tried this before??

[He's going to help himself to some more. And there might be some orange twinkles around Roxas that he doesn't even realize are there, too wound up in the joy of chocolate bacon.]

Well, the last time I thought about it we kinda couldn't eat stuff like this.

[Sora grins warmly with a tilt of his head and then wonders how long it's been now that Roxas has been a real boy. His own self, his own likes and desires and dreams...! Now he can try anything like this stuff and find what he really likes. It makes Sora happy to look back on that.]

Nothing like trying something new, huh?

That's true...

[And it's not like they could have after that final battle, what with Sora vanishing and all that. But he doesn't let himself get too bogged down in negative memories, swallowing his current piece of bacon and going to try another.]

Yeah, you're right. It's great, trying new things. [Monch cronch.] I got a little distracted with the transformation stuff in that other world, but I told myself I wanna try new things every day. New foods, new sights, new books... just, try all kinds of new things, now that I can.

And you should keep doing that here!

[Sora is just so happy to hear Roxas say something like that. It might have been some time now since everything ended back home and they found themselves in places like Aefenglom and now this place... And even Sora doesn't quite know where his own fate lies if they ever go home... but this, all of this, is important.]

I'm really happy that I get to be here with you for it. If there's ever anything you wanna try and need a friend for it just let me know. Okay?

[He pats Roxas' shoulder.]

[Roxas lets out a small chuckle at the pat, but nods earnestly.]

I will. Promise.

[Saying things like that felt easier now, after everything they went through.]

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