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A little while later, Summer came back out. She'd caught a quick shower and changed clothes, and looked much more refreshed than before. She opened her mouth to say something, and then noticed the paper airplane on the table.
"When did this come in?" she asked, picking it up. King Micket's seal was stamped across the wings of the airplane, shimmering with magic as always. |
"Few minutes ago," Steve told her with a little shrug. "Just came through the mirror." Which was still weird but he was getting used to it.
"Another one?" Rose asked, still toweling her hair dry as she emerged, also in a fresh set of clothes. |
"Yep," Summer said, unfolding the airplane. The seal shimmered and broke when she touched it. "Let's see what the king has to say this time."
Dear Summer and Rose, Great job handling those heartless! You're both taking to your keyblades just as well as I'd hoped you would. I wish you hadn't brought the other two along with you, but what's done is done. Can't get mad at ya for wanting extra hands. I've been keeping an eye on the worlds from here. Looks like the next one that needs your help is one that I made contact with, but it's still a bit new. Shouldn't be anything you can't handle! Once you've made sure the world is safe, come on back to the castle. It's about time the two of you learn some new skills to help you out. See ya! |
Rose had been reading over Summer's shoulder, and she briefly made a face. "Well, not unexpected," she muttered, in reference to his "extra hands" comment. "Could have been worse, definitely."
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"At least we're not in trouble for bringing them along," Summer said. She reread the note. "He wants us back at the castle? I thought Magic Kingdom was locked. Unless he meant it was only locked from their side." She looked at Rose. "What do you think?"
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"I'm... not sure," Rose said slowly. "We've never tried going there. Maybe we can get there after all." She considered that for a few moments before she shrugged. "Would be worth a try, at the very least."
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Summer nodded.
“Definitely,” she said. “Once we figure out the new world, we’ll head back there. Sounds like a plan to me.” |
"Right, which sounds like we better get ready to go again." Rose grinned. She was rather getting used to all this traveling and seeing all these places.
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Summer nodded.
“Yeah,” she agreed, grinning. “I’m good to head back to Radiant Garden when you are.” She glanced at Steve and Bucky. “You two ready to head out?” |
Steve nodded, standing again. "We're ready," he agreed.
"Give me two seconds, go ahead and get the portal up," Rose told her, heading back to her room to grab a few things. |
"On it," Summer said. She looked at Steve and Bucky. "One second, let me go get the mirror from my room. I don't really want to try going through anything smaller than a full length mirror." With that, she disappeared into her room, and came back out a moment later with the mirror from the back of her door. Setting it against the wall, she summoned her keyblade and pointed it at the mirror, opening the portal.
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"Does that ever become normal?" Steve asked, half-rhetorically, though he wasn't freaked out. Just kind of grinning.
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“Not yet,” Summer said, grinning a bit. “I’ll let you know if it does.”
Bucky rolled his eyes a little at their flirting. |
Steve grinned but nodded.
Rose reemerged from her room and shook her head a bit. "Alright, we all ready to go?" she asked, doing one last double check of her own stuff as she headed for the mirror. |
"Let's go while they're still making eyes at each other," Bucky said, moving past Steve and Summer and over to Rose. He glanced at the mirror, glanced at Rose, and then went through the portal.
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Rose grinned briefly and followed him, stepping through the portal.
"Well, guess I know the best way to distract Summer now," Rose said with a grin. Steve rolled his eyes at Bucky's teasing but stood as well, still looking at Summer. "Shall we?" |
"They're ridiculous, those two," Bucky agreed, nodding. He looked around, taking in their new surroundings. "So, where are we?"
"Let's go," Summer said, nodding and keeping her keyblade pointed at the portal. She'd take up the rear so the portal could close behind her. |
"Back at Radiant Garden," Rose told him, turning around to get her bearings. "We need to go back to the map to access the world in trouble. Until we've been there once before, Summer and I can't go straight to a world." She shrugged. It made sense to her.
Steve glanced at Bucky once he was through before letting his attention wander a bit again, for now. |
Bucky nodded and gestured for her to lead the way.
Summer caught up to Rose once she was through the portal. "Alright, time to go see where we're needed next," she said. She grinned. "I'm kind of looking forward to going to another world." |
"It'll be fun," Rose agreed with a grin. She led the way back to the map room and looked for the correct world.
"This one, I bet." She pointed to one that was flickering a little, not as bad as Motonui had been but still in trouble. |
Summer looked over the rest of the map. A couple of others were a bit dim, but only the one was flickering.
"Well, I'm game if you are," she said. "I wonder what kind of world it is." |
"I suppose we'll find out when we get there," Rose said cheerfully, summoning her own keyblade. "Should be fun."
Steve looked at Bucky. "Is this how you felt when I said shit like that?" he asked quietly. |
"Not so great from this end, is it?" Bucky retorted.
"Summer? Rose?" Namine's head popped in the door on the other side of the room. "There you two are, I've been looking for you. Have you see the map?" She paused when she saw the other two. "Oh. Hello, I'm Namine." |
Steve grimaced at Bucky, and then nodded to Namine. "I'm Steve," he introduced. "And this is Bucky."
"Hey Namine." Rose shot her a quick grin. |
Namine couldn't help but study the newcomers briefly. They had very strong hearts, she could already sense it. Then she shook her head a little and turned her attention to Summer and Rose.
"I'm guessing you've seen the map already," she said. "There's another world that needs your help. You look like you're already on your way." |
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