YCM: The Roleplay

[Super Chaos Sonic]

Chaos, who had stopped to regain some of his energy, was now at half power. He swallowed another set of pills and went into Hyper Dying Will mode once again. He rocketed into the air and said,"Dang it...I lost Atman...and that person that he was chasing." Chaos sighed as he looked back at the collapsed tower in the distance. Night's spirit appeared again and said,[i]So, what will you do Chaos?? Atman is probably gone and we don't know where everyone is...[/i] Chaos quickly took out his messenger and said,"I'll do it the old fashioned way..." He smirked and began to text on the messenger.

[i][u]To: Serenity and Jake:[/u]
Look, I was following Atman....but I lost him. I know one of the two of you need help, heck, both of you might. Quickly tell me your location and I'll be there to help in a moment. I'm not gonna let the mods, YCMaker, or anybody else take out this city...

[CS][/i]

Chaos put his messenger back in his pocket and said,"Come on you two....one of you message me back....fast!!

[Final Fantasy Revolution]

Vayne nodded back at Lora and opened the door to the apartment (assuming Lora will follow) and walked out of the apartment and into the hall. Vayne walked down the hall and down the stairs and finally out of the apartment building all together and then turned to Lora behind him. "Where is the grand tournament building by the way?" Vayne asked Lora, thinking that it probably wasn't good for him to be leading the group when he was from a whole different world of existence.

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

Michael didn't know when the two gained mind reading powers but it didn't really matter now anyway. Since Pika's post confused the s*** out of me Michael didn't dare touch the banhammer though I guess an RP related reason is in order. Michael was worried that since JoshIcy seemed to have gone a little bit nuts that Pika might have also. She already semmed a bit crazy in the first place.

Michael was relieved to see Pika leave but not for reasons of fear or something that his only bluff was somehow insta-banned. Thye side effects were finally kicking in. The first thing that happened was his vision became extremely burry. Next, he became extremely dizzy and fell to the ground. The third and final thing was a massive amount of vomitting. It went on for about a minute nonstop and definately didn't feel good. Eventually he got back up feeling completely rejuvenated like some people did after having bad diarreah.

At the moment he got up his phone rung. He took it out of his pocket and looked at the PM. It was from Atman telling him to get over to the YCM grand tournament building and quickly. Quite frankly he had no idea where it was. His phone did have a map on it though. He typed 'ycm grand tournament building' into the map app's browser and quickly found it. It really wasn't to far away from his position. Just a block or two. Michael could walk their easy and so he did.

When he arrived Mickaed leaned back onto the wall of the building waiting for the others to come. He pulled out his phone and starting playing tetris. Although it was only a demo and could only be played for a little while it was still something to pass time with while he waited for Atman, Serenity, and whoever else was coming. Quite frankly Michael really just wanted a nap. He needed his beauty sleep.

[Jake the Sage]

Lora looked over at Vayne with a suprised look. At first her friend might've thought she was shocked that he didn't know where it was, but when the truth was told he probably would be even more stunned. Thinking about it for a minute she paced back and forth before stopping and scratching the back of her head in embarrassment, "Actually I have no idea where the Grand Tournament building is! To be honest Dad is kind of a Roleplay Hermit and doesn't go anywhere else unless it's to the game section, club section or to check up on Denver's fan fiction for new chapters . . . a~nnd . . . since I follow him I don't know where it is or could be."

Looking around she knew that if she didn't know the chances of Katie or Andrew knowing was just as slim, they got out less than she did and usually were too wrapped up in their own experiments and what not to pay attention. Scratching teh back of her head she felt a small vibration in her pocket and pulled out her fathers phone, something she had unconciously shoved into her's when they'd carried him back home, and opened it up. A message had been sent to him from Chaos Sonic and she decided to not leave him hanging, also figuring it was a good chance to find out the location of the Grand Tournament building. Clicking the buttons at a furrious pace, as only a teenage girl can do, she clicked send and waited for an answer.

[i][u]To:[/u] Chaos Sonic
[u]Subject:[/u] Response
This is Lora, Jake's daughter, dad isn't able to talk right now. He got pretty beat up in his fight with that Mod and is recovering at home. Also! Do you happen to know where the Grand Tournament building could be? Final Fantasy and I were messaged to go there.

[LV][/i]

[Super Chaos Sonic]

Chaos heard his messenger "ping" and he quickly took it out. He saw that it was from Jake's daughter Lora. "Wow...Jake has a daughter??" he asked. Night's spirit looked at Chaos and said,[i]Who knew. So they were called to the Grand Tournament building...isn't that Phantom Roxas' building in Polls??[/i] Chaos snapped his fingers and said,"Yes it is!! Alright, now I'll have to text Lora back with this." He then pressed a few buttons on his messenger and began to text once again.

[i][u]To:[/u] Jake/Lora
[u]Subject:[/u] RE: Response
Yeah I happen to know where it is. You and Final get over here to Polls and look for someone with a flame on his forehead. That will be me...I'll lead you there myself. Just you two hurry and get here. I don't want your dad getting mad at me for you getting hurt... O_O

[CS][/i]

With that, Chaos put his messenger in his pocket and said,"Now...hopefully they'll make it here in time. Cause if not...I don't know what will happen and what will go on around here.

[Catterjune]

The dark haired girl sighed. "You know Chibi whateveryournameis, this seems like an awfully big exercise in futility. I don't particularly have the time nor the patience to be chasing a lead that most likely doesn't exist."

A condescending smirk. "Afterall, you said he was being attacked by JoshIcy, right? Not likely for good old Josh to leave without getting the job done."

"Tell ya' what. If you manage to find him alive, I'll be waiting in the TCG section."

She did a quick pirouette, facing the opposite direction before walking off, or at least trying to.

[Jake the Sage]

Chibi Lora watched the Mod left, telling her that she'd be waiting in the TCG, and that she should come back when they found her father. Now out of sight Chibi nodded her head, clenched her first, and ressured herself that she could find her father. Floating for a minute she pondered where a villainous villain would take her dad until she remembered something pretty basic, slapping her forehead, "Why don't I just return to the original?!"

Holding her hands in a meditative pose she uttered a single word, 'om', and in a puff of smoke returned back to the paper doll she was created from. At that very moment the real Lora had gotten the return message from Chaos and was about to tell Vayne where they'd have to go when the memories of Chibi Lora reached her. Looking up at him she mentioned where they had to go before including what she had just learned about PikaPerson01, "The Mod back in General wants to meet dad in TCG, but first we have too see Chaos Sonic. Once dad is awake we can bring him to PikaPerson01."

[Final Fantasy Revolution]

"Right." Vayne said and looked over to Lora and then down the path that paved the Role Playing District. "I do apologize, but I do not have any teleporting or portal powers such as Nashiki. We'll have to walk the entire way." Vayne explained and then looked at the road once more and finally back at Lora for a second time. "Well, lead the way; we should probably be back at the house in a few hours to check the status of your father." Vayne said and then waited for Lora to lead.

[Jake the Sage]

Lora was suprised that Vayne said he couldn't fly or teleport, something she thought all of Final Fantasy's forms could do. Looking at him she wondered something and finally asked him, "So couldn't you just let Final Fantasy or Nakashi out so we can get there faster?"

"Well even if you can't I know of a way we can get to the Roleplay District faster," she said and walked in front of Vayne. She didn't like the idea, as it would look completely awkward to anybody who saw them, but it was the fastest way to get both of them there . . . besides actually leaving him alone at her house. Crouching down she got on a single knee, placing her arms behind her, and waited for Vayne to do something. When it appeared he wouldn't she looked over her shoulder, a bit embarrassed, and called out to him, "Well come on . . . I don't want to carry you but if it'll get us there faster I don't see any other choice."

[Final Fantasy Revolution]

Vayne nodded his head left and right. "FFR and Nashiki are both severely weak right now so it'd be dangerous to make a character transferal now. Especially with Jisan just a few steps behind FFR and looking to get free; if he got control now with just you here..." Vayne looked up and saw that Lora was ready to...carry him...It was unfortunate that it'd come to this but Vayne didn't have speed nor telportation nor flight going for him. FFR was the fastest on land, Nashiki could teleport AND fly which seemed unfair and Jisan...who the f*** knows what he can do. Vayne sighed and hopped on Lora's back...feeling horribly un-masculine.

[Jake the Sage]

Lora grinned, having spotted Vayne's own embarrassment out of the corner of her eye and stood up tall. Suprisingly despite the way she looked Lora was able to bear the full brunjt of his weight without mugh trouble. Looking around at the crowd who was staring at the two she called back over her shoulder to him, "I think we better fly instead of run, to avoid prying eyes."

Crouching down Vayne might've thought that she was going to let him off but suddenly she launched both of them high into the air. So high in fact that they were easily able to see all of the Roleplay Disctrict from where they remained in the air and even as they slowly began to fall back to the earth. Focusing her energy into her feet Lora kicked off once more and shoot towards their destination. It wasn't true flying at this moment but once she had reached the end of her leap she began to speed through the sky at the top speed she could go; which was fast enough that if Vayne didn't hold on tightly he would be knocked off of her back and fall back to the ground. Squinting her eyes Lora zoomed through the sky, "We'll be there in a couple minutes if I can keep this speed up!"

[Final Fantasy Revolution]

Vayne and Lora finally managed to land at their destination except for when Lora landed on her feat Vayne fell and rolled almost all the way to Atman and got up and dusted himself off. "I really need to learn how to fly or something." Vayne said and looked around at the two people, Atman and another than jumped back to Lora. "These people are enemies?" Vayne asked, he only knew that Atman had summoned them there, he never knew who Atman was nor who this other person was...

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(OoC: Hah, looks like FFR forced you to join us, Jake. FFR, I'm actually at the Polls district, but you were supposed to go there anyways, so all's good.)

Atman looked around, most of the people he had asked for arrived, except for Serenity, or Atman just couldn't see him. In response to Final Fantasy's question, Atman said two words: "Not sure". He then turned to Amethyst, who was looking bored. "We're here. Take us." Amethyst suddenly came to attention, and nodded. Atman turned to his friends. "Follow us. I think our questions might soon be answered." Amethyst then began sprinting away, really quickly, deeper into the Poll's district. Atman found no trouble keeping up with him, though. To whoever was following, he began explaining his meet up with Amethyst, and about Phantom Roxas's disappearance.

~~~

Pikaperson's messenger rang, for possibly the last time. It was a text, from Falling Pizza, asking if the group JoshIcy attacked had been killed yet.

[Serenity the Candyman]

Serenity's hand popped out of the dirt, and then it just laid there. Serenity was about out of energy, but that wasnt about to stop him. Attempting to move his other arm, he realised that he had ran out of energy and couldnt move his arm.[i]Great. now I cant even escape the earth itself. But as it says om my messenger, I'm at the Polls District. I made it.....[/i]Serenity nodded off into unconsciousness, hoping his hand will be seen by Atman and not by a mod. That last thing he needed was a mod.

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

Michael sighed when the rest of the bgroup arrived. He was enjoying the moments of peace and relaxation. He let out another more comical sigh when they started running off. "Not more running..." He was about to chase after Atman and Amethyst when he saw a hand pop out of the ground. He looked at it for a moment until going up to it. He crouched down to get a better look. "Hmmm..." A needle and small machine with a small monitor and tiny hole appeared in his hand. He poked a finger of the hand with the needle and then into the tiny hole of the machine. After a few seconds the words candy were on the machine. "So that's where you are. Looks like you're stuck." Michael grabbed the hand and started pulling.

[Jake the Sage]

<OOC: WHAT. THE. FUUUUUUUUUUUUU-------*explodes*>

Lora had landed as gracefully as ever, Vayne however . . . had not. Watching him roll to a stop only to hope up in a single bound she laughed at him, though not in a bad way, and placed her hands behind her back. Looking around she could see Atman, Micheal and a couple other people that she knew was good people, but was hardly suprised when Vayne asked if the others were. Then Atman and the rest took off running, following a man named Amethyst, and was told about Phantom Roxas' disappearance. She'd heard of the infamous Super Mods who, despite having been given a rank up not too long ago, was one of the currently popular Mods amongst the community. [i]"Wait didn't dad say he knew Phantom Roxas and has had meetings with him?[/i] she thought to herself as they continued along their way, [i]"But I thought that was just for his hotel buisness . . . not . . . you know, knowing him as a friend."[/i]

[hr]

The dream was a pleasant one. I was walking down a sandy beach with the sun setting, a beautiful woman’s arms wrapped around mine. I don't think I've ever been so happy in any other moment in my life. Gazing at the woman beside me, we both smiled at each other, our faces moving closer towards each other. She closed her eyes as I gently placed a hand on her cheek as our romantic embrace readied to climax. Only to be ruined by a single, repetative, noise- the sound of a finger tapping on glass.

Opening my eyes suddenly I realize I'm not at the beach with a setting sun. I'm [i]not[/i] in the company of a beautiful woman who could pass for a model. And I'm definately [i]not[/i] on some romantic outting. I'm in my home in a bio containment unit when it all comes rushing back to me . . . I got the sh*t beat out of me, I think? The mechanical doors whooshed open and I watched Andrew come in dressed with his normal lab coat attire, looking up unamazed that I've woken up, "Hu . . . about time you got up. Lora is out with Final Fantasy answering a message that was sent to you from Atman."

"Well. get. me. out. of. here.," I mouthed pointing to the drainage button on the console, waiting to be released and get back into gthe loop of what is going on; Andrew merely shook his head and did as I asked.

[Catterjune]

Our young dark haired protagonist/antagonist looked over her PDA. A message from an administrator. One of the closest in terms of YCM to his power. She looked over the message before clicking it twice, deleting it.

Though that shouldn't be interrupted as her renouncing anything that the mods are doing. She could just as easily be playing a completely different game, planning to end all the mods and admins, put herself at the head of YCM, and then kill off all the other mortals who dared step in her way. Only time would really tell what path she decided to take.

In any case, returning to the TCG section, she entered an old style saloon. There were all kinds of people decorating the area.

One man was on the piano, playing a jaunty tune. A bartender was serving beer, while discussing and possibly arguing the banlist placement of Solemn Judgment with a patron, who drank deeply from the cup. Another pair were playing a game of cards. They held them as though it was an actual card game, before revealing their hands. A small argument broke out, before our short haired TCG mod stepped in, making her presence known.

"Ladies..." she laughed. "Who am I kidding? Gentlemen!"

A smug smirk as she looked over the people of TCG. "As you all know, TCG is constantly being harassed by n00bs and spammers. People who don't understand the kind of serious business TCG really is. Not to mention the dead wasteland desert that is the strategy section. I know most of you idiots won't be able to follow a decent plan, so kindly GTFO. For the rest of you..."

She turned to her eyes to a cowboy looking man with a red scarf. His eyes were mostly hidden by a sombrero. "I've got... big plans."

And she presumably told the people who mattered her plan, likely with time to spare before the rest of the group showed up.

(OOC: On a completely unrelated note, I don't wanna like... use TCG people's names when it comes to that. I'd like to refer to them as just "red bandanna", "green bandanna", as they all look like stupid cowboys, except differently coloured bandannas.)

[Super Chaos Sonic]

Chaos waited some more and then sighed. He got a little tired of waiting for Lora and Vayne. He just decided to head to the Grand Tournament building himself. He then rocketed towards the building. [i]I really hope Lora and Vayne will be there...[/i] Chaos thought as he continued to head towards the building. Then he stopped as he saw the building in sight. He saw a girl and another person with her. He chuckled and said,"Well whattya know..." Night's spirit appeared and said, [i]"Apparently they made it here without our help."[/i] Chaos nodded and said,"Yeah...lets go help them." Chaos then rocketed towards the building again, beginning to land. He soon reverted out of the Hyper Dying Will mode and said,"Lora?? Vayne?? You two here?? It's me, Chaos Sonic!!"

[Jake the Sage]

"Oh! Hey Sonic!" Lora said hearing him call out to her and Vayne, waving her hand. Once he landed she stopped walking, letting him catch up to her, and then continued on her way with him beside her. Whatever conversation they were holding was small talk obviously as Amethyst lead Atman and the rest into the building and farther into it. Looking around as Chaos Sonic spoke, accidentally tuning him out, she marveled at the building in which the Super Mod worked from. It was as fancy, if not more, than her own home which had taken her father years to accumulate and build, [i]"Wonder how long it took Phantom Roxas to have his place built? I know our place exists in limbo for space reasons . . . but a place here in the world is got to be hard to build."[/i] Looking back over at Chaos Sonic she chuckled, stuck her tongue out cutely, and replied, "I'm sorry I didn't hear you, can you repeat that last part?"

[hr]

"So they went to regroup with Atman and some other people?" I asked pulling myself up on the bars for the ninty fifth time, the sweat pouring from my body as I relaxed my muscles and dropped below it once more, "And once there then what?"

"I'm not quite sure myself. All the message said was to meet Atman somewhere," Andrew said picking up a towel and tossing it to me as I dropped from the bars, having finished my testing to get him off my back that I was healthy enough to leave. Wipping myself semi-clean I threw the towel on the ground and put a new shirt on before slidding my three rings onto my fingers, "Alright then I'll have to get there on the double. Think I should bring Nic along?"

I was refering to one of my confidants, a character whom I had created a long time ago which like Yaming had grown into her own person. What Yaming was to medicne and healing, Nic was the same for stealth and assassination; he was the second blade of my Chinese Hook swords. Looking up, fully dressed, I saw Andrew shake his head before tossing my phone, "In this perdicament I think it would be wise to contact either your sister . . . or Lora's . . . uncle . . ."

"Sis is off in Paris and not abel to be reached," I said knowing he knew that already. The true motive behind bringing them up was trying to convince me to bring the [i]other[/i] man into the fray. Andrew knew we weren't on speaking terms anymore and most likely estimated my answer, "As for [i]him[/i] there is no chance in hell I'd ever call him after last time!"

Holding up my hand, a long jagged scar running all the way up my arm, I let the sleeve go and walked into the transporter. Seconds before it shut, where it would bring me to the roof of my hotel, I shouted out, "And don't even [i]think[/i] of calling him yourself, got it!?"

"Of course, sir," I heard Andrew reply, not knowing he had tossed the phone to Katie as it began to ring . . .

[Final Fantasy Revolution]

Vayne turned to notice chaos and nodded. "Good day, Mr. Sonic." Vayne said and then began explaining how they were all to meet up with Atman so that they could get things straight with what was happening with YCM and what not. "We must follow Atman and see what he has learned about the situation." Vayne said, just by him talking he already knew that Chaos Sonic had to know they were here so he didn't bother pointing out the fact that they were. "Just follow us, and you'll hear what Atman has to say and you'll learn everything." Vayne said, not knowing anything himself to tell Chaos that was the best answer he could give. Vayne then turned to where Amethyst and Atman had entered and entered that area himself as to not miss a second of Atman's speech.

[Super Chaos Sonic]

Chaos nodded at Vayne's statement and said,"Alright." He walked up to Lora and said,"What I was saying was...you could have PM'd me that you were here. Could have been here earlier without all that waiting I had to do." Night's spirit returned next to Chaos and said laughing, [i]Yeah, you just had to sit there and hum to yourself.[/i] Chaos ignored Night and said,"But anyway...what do you thinks going on around here? Natural disasters, the city almost being destroyed, the mods trying to harm everyone....this is a very weird turn of events. I've been here in this city since 2008 and I don't remember any of this stuff happening..."

[Jake the Sage]

Lora laughed a bit when Chaos Sonic stated that she could've messaged him so he hadn't had to wait so long. Pulling her own ruby red phone out of her back pocket she flipped it open and searched through the name list until she reached the point where Chaos Sonic's name would've been before holding it up for him to see in the diming light. Snapping it shut and placing it back where it belonged she explained, "I used dad's phone to message you, which I left back at the house. My phone doesn't have your number or almost anybodys for that matter so I couldn've told you when we left anyways . . . if it had ever crossed my mind I mean."

Looking back up and forward to where she and the rest were walking Lora noticed that Amethyst had lead the group to the back parts of the building and to a stairwell that, instead of ascending higher, went lower into the inner workings of Yugo City itself. Looking into the black abyss Amethyst turned around at the group and gave them a knowing nod before begining to climb down the stairs. Atman was next to go along with a couple others before Vayne, Lora and Chaos Sonic brought up the rear . . .

Farther and farther down they went, the farther down the greater the chill in the air until they could see fog coming out with each huff. Only way they could see was the dim lightning which hung all around them in a mixmatched design coupled with exposed wires, which drooped and sagged just as randomly. What kind of place was Amethyst taking them too?

[hr]

I flew as fast as I could through the air as I scanned the area for any signs of Atman, Lora or Final Fantasy. High above the towering structures of the city I thought to myself, [i]"How the hell can I have lost them . . . AND myself!?"[/i] Nothing looked familiar and instead I figured I must've found my way to a section of Yugo City I hardly travel too- which left a lot of options to pick from. Floating down to the ground my feet landed on loose dirt that drifted away in the lite breeze as I spoke outloud to go through my possible whereabouts, "Okay I [i]left[/i] Clubs & Organizations . . . I [i]know[/i] I'm not in Roleplay because, Hell! I've BEEN there enough to find my way around blindfolded . . ."

"So that leaves General, but I can tell that as well. Ummm . . . Games I can spot a few places I am familiar with . . . like I don't see the 'hill'," I continued to mumble to myself as I looked for the king-of-the-hill style game area. Plopping down beside a weather worn wall I continue running through the final options, "So I must've accidentally gotten lost in A.) Introductions, B.) Multimedia or C.) TCG . . ."

Looking around I spotted some people moving around, covered in old western style clothing, no hint to me, and snapped my finger. In a quick flash my attire changed to fit the scenary and I decided to ask around to get my barings while musing to myself, "Best part about signing up with RP820? Instant wardrobe change!"

<OOC: GAAAHH!!! I CAN'T STOP WRITTING 8O >

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

Pulling a man out of the ground wasn't something that took little time or effort. Especially since everybody had left him behind and for the second time in this RP Jake had forgotten that I'm in this. A nice pimp slap seems to be in order but that's for a later date but I'm getting to far off task...again...anyway...it took a few moments until Michael decided to just get a little violent. "Well, he's pretty much immortal...so..." A grenade appeared in each of his hands. "I just hope a mod isn't watching." He jumped up and away from the hand as he threw one of the grenades at it. When the first grenade exploded he threw the other. A second later a body burst out of the dust and fell back to the ground in front of Michael.

Michael looked down at the Candyman's body that was in absolutely horrible condition. "You okay?" He snickered at his own joke. Candyman's body began to heal at an amazing rate. "Everybody. The Candyman." Michael clapped a bit and again snickered a bit. He grabbed onto the sleeve of Candyman's robe and got running torwards everybody else. As he was running while dragging the Candyman behind him he said, "Now no more time to waste. Dying was necessary to save time. I hope you don't mind."

He saw the last person enter the secret entrance of the building. Michael started sprinting while still dragging the Candyman behind him. "God damnit. This is so cliche!" When Michael was close enough he first through the Candyman in and then jumped in himself. He of course did not expect the stairs.

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Atman descended down the stairs, wondering just where the f*** Amethyst was leading them. That's when he heard the sound of 6-Shot and Serenity falling. He mumbled the word 'idiots' as he cast Float on the two, allowing them to float in the air, technically breaking their fall. After a few moments of descent, the group arrived at a dead end. "Amethyst," Atman said, impatience in his voice, "Just where the hell did you take us?" Amethyst turned to the group, holding a small Keyblade-like... well... [i]key[/i].

"Welcome," Amethyst said, shanking the wall with the key, "to Organization XIII's Secret Base." The key began to glow; the light seemed to spread through the entire wall. Soon, the wall disappeared, revealing a huge, lobby-looking area. The area was very bright, but had a somewhat grey-ish color to it. There were four hallways leading from the lobby, but the most noticable feature of the room, was the large door at the end of the room that looks like the [url="http://kingdomhearts.wikia.com/wiki/Door_to_Darkness"]Door to Darkness[/url] from Kingdom Hearts. Amethyst lead Atman and the others into this lobby, as the wall rematerialized behind them. "Wait here," Amethyst said, "while I announce your arrival." With that, the nobody replaced his hood and walked down one of the hallways, until he was out of view...

[Super Chaos Sonic]

Chaos saw the door in front of them and looked at Night's spirit. Night glanced over at Chaos and said,[i]"I-Its the Door To Darkness...."[/i] Chaos nodded and said,"I can see that. But...how the hell did the Organization XIII group find a way to bring this door here to YCM??" If this [i]was[/i] the so called DTD that he remembered from the Kingdom Hearts series...then somehow, they would open it and do...something. [i]But how...?[/i] Chaos thought. [i]How could they find a way to bring this door here? In the game, it was only shown once. And after that...it was shut and locked forever, thanks to Sora and King Mickey's Keyblades.../i] A bunch of questions flooded his head, but he didn't have any time to search for the answers.