Kingdom Hearts: Daybreak (IC)

Jordan had begun to protest his friend's destructive notions before hearing a familiar voice from behind him. His eye twitched once, the voice ringing through his head and chest. Confirming his suspicions, a familiar figure walked past Jordan, barely even glancing at him as he did so. Jordan's face twisted a bit, a crooked smile emerging from the corner of his mouth. He took a step forward and began to speak. "V-"

"Oh, Master Virgil," Sophia exclaimed, a bit caught off guard by his sudden appearance. Granted, it was nothing new for Virgil to suddenly appear when he could add more to the situation than others. Sophia motioned her way towards Virgil and pointed at him. "Jordan, this is my teacher, Master Virgil! Master Virgil, this is a new friend of mine who I might not too long ago, Jordan. He also had another friend but-"

"MASTER Virgil," Jordan yelled happily, clapping his hands together. He had a wide smile across his face as he grabbed Deimos by his shoulder and squeezing it tightly. "Deimos, my friend, there's no need to harm this...other Deimos. Besides, what has he done wrong? He merely defended himself and we just, barged right into this world, attacking with little hesitation." As he spoke, he began to slowly move towards Virgil, each word he spoke aimed at him like a dagger. "I mean....if I got attacked for just being myself, hell, even killed...I'd be pissed too." He stared at Virgil intently, locking his own lips a bit.

Just as quickly as he began his rant, Jordan recovered himself, placing a hand over his face and wiping it down to his chin. He took a step back, turning around to recollect his train of thought. "Ok...ok...I'm sorry...where are my manners," Jordan turned around with a smirk. "Let's redo that, shall we?" Clearing his throat, he held a hand out to Virgil. "MASTER Virgil, my name is Jordan. It's a pleasure to meet you."

 

Jordan's face had momentarily broke from his faux smile and instead had a serious face, one familiar to Deimos as a face of business. "Good. I'm sure we both have some questions," Jordan managed to quickly reply under his breath to Virgil. He turned his head back and watched as he left the room before turning back to smile warmly at Sophia. Several questions arose in his head, most of which were obvious given the current situation. However, he kept a level mind of the situation and decided that those questions and issues could be resolved at a later time.

"So Princess, it sounds like you'll be giving me a tour. If you don't mind, that is."

Sophia shot Jordan a smile and cocked her head to the side and replied, "Of course! I would love to show off my kingdom to you and your friend!" She quickly grabbed Jordan by the hand and began skipping out of the door. It happened so quickly, the Jordan had actually been caught off guard, stumbling a bit to catch up, as to not fall behind.

Just as the two were halfway down the hallway leading to the outside, Jordan managed to stop the two of them from moving further, firmly planting himself so Sophia could no longer drag him. Tripping forward a bit, but still holding his hand, Sophia looked back at Jordan with a slightly confused face. "Um...is everything alright?"

Jordan scratched his head a bit, remembering that Sophia had told him and his friends that she was currently supposed to be having brunch with many people in her kingdom. "Weren't you supposed to be having your little brunch thing though? Wouldn't wanna interrupt your plans just for some tour."

In all of the excitement of the day so far, Sophia had completely forgotten about it, dropping Jordan's hand to cover her mouth. "Oh shoot! I have to go say something to them or-"

"No need Madam. Muriel and I sent your guests off mere moments ago. The dining hall is already cleared of guests," a voice said from behind the two. Descending from the stairs was Parzival, Sophia's blind butler. He walked down with his hands folded behind his back and stopped on the last step. He moved his head from side to side curiously before frowning a bit in Jordan's direction. "You must be the cause of that commotion earlier this morning. I trust that Kelianne or Raven are aware that you are taking the young princess away from the safety of her castle right now without any guardians present?"

Jordan raised his chin up a bit, as if looking down on Parzival, although he was merely examining him in his own peculiar way. "No. Virgil is well aware that I'm with her. And she's actually taking me out of the castle right now."

Before the soon to be heated argument could gain any fuel, Sophia butted in by grabbing Jordan's wrist and smiling happily at Parzival. "Don't worry Parzival! Master Virgil told me to show our guest here around the kingdom a bit before our training later on! I won't be out long, I swear!"

Almost like a parent, unwillingly agreeing to their child's wishes, Parzival sighed and nodded at the young princess and mysterious stranger. "Very well Miss Sophia. I shall respect your wishes and allow you to take this...gentleman out into town." And with that, Parzival turned around and retreated back up the stairs.

Jordan watched Parzival leave with much confusion and distaste. He was never fond of people distrustful of him, and could tell when someone felt that way about him. He wasn't allowed to dwell further on it as Sophia began tugging Jordan away once more, shouting happily, "First stop should be the marketplace! That's where all the good stuff is!" And with that, Sophia opened the doors of leading outside and guided Jordan and Deimos out.



"-cker," Kate finished yelling after being free from the spell Raven had casted over her. She looked around, examining her surroundings and realized that her hands may have been free now but she was also now locked up. She began biting her bottom lip furiously, the cage bringing back some unsettling memories. She ran up to the bars, staring at Raven and this new female with blue eyes filled with rage. Before she could say a word, Raven spoke first:

"My sincerest apologies for the wait. But as promised, the spells binding you are now removed. Once Jordan completes the mission you all are on, you shall be released and your weapons returned to you."

Kate grabbed the bars, irritated that she now had to be on standby until Jordan finished what the trio had came here for. "Seriously? A fucking cage? Do I look like a damn monkey to you bastards?" Kate began to kick the cell bars repeatedly out of anger before growling out loud. Before Raven an Kelianne left, Kate managed to yell out, hopefully for them to hear, "You better hope Jordan gets him soon! Because you fucks got some kind of assassin running around here until then!"

With that said, Kate turned around and slid to the floor, back against the cell. She brought her knees to her chest and buried her face in her knees, whispering something incoherently to herself.

 

Kate managed to break from her repeated chanting momentarily to look up at the unfamiliar voice. She recognized Kousei's face vaguely from the forest but had not gotten his name like the others nor had she been able to analyze him beforehand. This all had her uneasy to speak to the stranger already.

"Fuck you," were the first words to escape her mouth, her mind lingering on the comment comparing her to an animal. She gave a disgusted look at the boy, eyeing him from head to toe, as he dared to ask what their purpose was here in this world. As far as she was concerned, there was nothing much to discuss other than the fact that Jordan had no issue with the kingdom and was merely dealing with business. But even that seemed too much to say.

But every second behind those bars grew more painful and even longer.

"That's it? Bust my ass out of this shit and I'll tell you all about our little excursion."




"It's just around this corner now Jordan, this way," Sophia happily exclaimed, skipping down the street ahead of Jordan. Since exiting the castle, the streets had seemed rather empty up until this point. While only a few people were still walking up and down the street, a loud gathering of people could be hear not far from where the trio were. Undoubtedly this was the marketplace Sophia had spoken highly of during the entire walk here. She held nothing back when explaining to Jordan and Deimos in depth as to what they could expect there and what kind of merchandise they could expect from the vendors here. From the usual to the unusual, there was something for everyone here. You just had to look.

Jordan smiled as he slowly began to catch up to Sophia, mumbling under his breath to his shadow, Deimos, "She sure is a ball of energy, ain't she? Hey, when we get there, go ahead and walk around as you please if you want. Just don't draw too much attention to yourself, alright? last thing we need is our assassin catching wind of us being here." As he approached Sophia, she placed her hand behind her back, leaning in to him with a playfully evil smile. Jordan raised an eyebrow at this non-cheery face of hers and stuttered out, "Wh-What is it?"

She swayed from left to right, quietly just smiling at Jordan before finally giggling out, "I don't have any bodyguards so that makes it your job to protect me, ok?" She then put her arms out to her sides, as if to show off muscles and continued, "See? So don't let me down!"

Jordan chuckled and looked off to the side, with a face of slight amusement. "Heh, you know, I'm usually the one with the bodyguards, and that's so I don't have to exert myself. So you got the right guy on your hands when it comes to protection, Princess." He gave a small bow before giving a coy smile.

Sophia giggled and turned to face the marketplace. "Good, then let's get going!"

As the two made their way around the corner, Jordan could finally see the layout of this massive place. The entire street was littered with crowds of people either moving through the marketplace or gathered around the vendors who had put up shop in the stores on the street or the sidewalks. One vendor was selling Potions for 50 Munny while the one further down had multiple signs saying 20 Munny. Surprisingly, both shops were evenly split in customers. Jordan scratched his head, not sure where exactly to begin, before Sophia would grab his wrist and begin pushing through the crowds of people. To Jordan's surprise, whether or not the people recognized the young blonde girl trying to make her way through was the Princess made no difference. Not a single person would step aside and miss out on bargaining on whatever trinket intrigued them.