curfew; w1

[adlucem]

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[reconnective]

[...well. he just kind of nudges him to get him to look up again.]

We'll be fine. With both of us watching, we'll be able to figure something out.

[put the pessimism away, he can't let his friends worry about stuff.]

[humblepie]

[Riku....does not look up!

In fact, the nudge causes him to tip over and land on his side and back. This doesn't wake him up either? His eyes are closed.]

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[son of a bitch?

sora's just. staring for a second. before he's making the executive decision to be obnoxious and shake him by the shoulders.]

So much for keeping watch. [he's trying to joke but also, uh?]

[humblepie]

[STOP, HIS WATCH!!

He is deftly shaken. This does not rouse him at all either.]

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[...

hm. given the fact they have found so many people dead, he's just slapping riku's face gently?]

Riku. [how dare you leave him awake? he's just going to stick his face in his to see if he's breathing at all actually.]

[humblepie]

[What the hell, his handsome face, SORA? Unfortunately, the face smacks don't rouse him either.

Which is understandable considering when Sora leans down to check, he'll find Riku is definitely not breathing.

In fact! Riku is dead.]

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[excuse??

absolutely not. absolutely not? absolutely not. there's kind of a nervous laugh because, uh...?]

Riku. Seriously, stop, this isn't funny. [give him a second he's just going to sit up and start looking for a pulse? HELLO?]

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... Sora?

[ hey uh nothing quite like peering from the other side and looking at this hello? ]

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[there's kind of a distressed and distracted sound while he's busy trying to figure out if riku's actually dead or not.]

He's not breathing.

[humblepie]

[Yeah, he's not breathing. Maybe he choked on his sins. (no)

There's no pulse...]

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[since kairi asked, yeah, he'll stupidly put his ear to his chest to try and listen for a heartbeat.]

[humblepie]

[A heart?

There is no heartbeat. :(]

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[again, die in a ditch anna.

and since kairi suggested it, he will actually try to begin cpr. fuck this, and fuck this truck stop actually!]

[humblepie]

[I keep thinking about this happening to all of them stuck in the truck, I'm sorry.

The compressions bounce him slightly. His chest is solid, but there's a weird give to it under Sora's hands. I am offering mercy when I say that it doesn't work.]

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[...oh.

okay.

well...he's going to keep trying for a while because like. hello? this isn't fair? they literally just all got back together again. they were supposed to stay together. they were supposed to keep each other safe and find a way home.

he was able to save both of them once before. he has to be able to do something now, right? something. anything. why isn't there a way to save him?

eventually he does stop and sort of just stares at him.]

...I can't. ["bring him back."] He's gone.

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... Why?

[ she doesn't mean why can't sora, and she's reaching over to touch riku's face with a trembling hand ]

I don't understand. He was fine. He was right here, he was fine, how can he be... How is he...

[ she's blinking back tears ]

He's not even injured.

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...we were supposed to stay together.

[it's all he says for a moment. and that's fine.

you know what will get leo and sei's attention? sora hearing kairi say that, looking at riku again, and just outright screaming before he just punches the side of the truck because sometimes you have a lot of feelings and you're locked in a fucking truck and can't save the people you're supposed to protect.]

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Sora...

[ she watches him lose it for a bit, looking hesitant and unsure before she settles back in next to riku. (riku's corpse.) she's pulling him partially on her lap, running her fingers through his hair. her jaw clenches as it goes ]

... We'll bring him back. [ she doesn't know how. she doesn't care? they'll find a way to drag him out of hell if they have to. ] We'll bring him back, and we'll make them pay. I'm not letting them mess with our fates like this. This isn't how it ends.

[zuihitsu]

[ She stopped fighting Leo the moment Riku couldn't be roused. She's been hovering anxiously in the background, and the moment Sora admits it is the moment something breaks in her for a second.

All the deaths so far have been terrible, and they've all saddened and weighed down on her, but this one hurts more.

This one, she can't stop all the tears in time. Maybe it's because watching Sora and Kairi breaks her heart, too. ]

... Riku.

[ She stays back because Sora and Kairi deserve to have as much space and time as they need with their dear friend. She's quiet in a way she hasn't been this entire time. ]

... Sora. Kairi.

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What?

[ it's a kind of breathless shock before she's moving over to riku's other side immediately while we wait for anna to update us on a pulse ]

His heart, is he--? Is it--

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I don't...what? [again, stupidly just putting his ear to riku's chest to listen for a heartbeat.]

Why isn't he breathing?

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[ yeah her brain isn't quite working ]

I don't, I... Try CPR, I've got Curaga still, if we can get him breathing I can heal him, please, Sora!

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[well. if their one braincell isn't working, who the fuck is he to say no?]

Right. Right, we...yeah. Right. [SCREAMING. INTERNAL SCREAMING but he will try it. they have to try everything.]

[starcracker]

[ just gonna be. watching anxiously keyblade at the ready ]

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[well the only response she's going to get is what sora's doing in the actual response to riku so he sort of sits back and keeps his hands on riku's chest like maybe if he keeps trying it'll work.

but it won't. it's really over.]