{03 Keys; video; all courts; backdated}

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[When he uses the locket, it's easy enough to remember how to use it, once they are back. He wasn't sure if it might work with all the world hopping and travel earlier with the Gem, but now they seem to be back, it's worth a try. Sora's familiar spiky hair and blue eyes greet the audience, though he's lost more of that slight lingering chubbiness around his cheeks, his features more defined than they were before. As if some more time has passed for him. Which. He's getting to, after giving a wave.]

Hey everyone! I'm still not quite sure just what all happened there. Seems at least some of us decided to stay home rather than stick around here too. Or, Riku did. So he's taking care of things there while I stick around here. That and I know I remembered a lot more of what happened back home. I'm not sure if that happened to anyone else, but....I think that was possibly a good couple years I got caught up on there. Of course, I was asleep for one of them..... Who else is still around anyway? Terra? Xion? I guess I kind of lost track of a lot of people in all that. Everyone's okay, right?

[Or. He sure hopes so. It's hard to say, when some people might have wanted to stay home, or been reminded how much they might prefer the Drabwurld to home, rather than feeling more a sense of duty and curiosity like Sora. As much as he misses home himself after all this time away. He gives a shrug, rubbing at the back of his neck as he continues.]

But anyway, seems like a lot has changed around here. Gonna take a while to get used to.

[For all of them. Still. For now, it's something. A chance to adjust and possibly even change things for the better. "Your actions influence all.", that man had said.]

Still, together we can figure this out! I'm sure of it.

[So if he is a little nervous or worried, or even lost, he's not outright showing it. Not yet anyway. Instead he gives a resolute nod before ending the feed and taking stock of his surroundings once more.]

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Terra! There you are! I haven't heard from Xion yet, but she should see this, right? Or, I hope so.

[The Courts are all rather different in comparison. He's not sure how filtered and restricted this might be now, and last time she was in the Unseelie so wouldn't have been able to see anything he tried to put up on the network. Still, this is worth a try at least.]

The courts and the land seem really different now. So I'm not sure where she might be if she is still here. For me, there's all this ice...

[He's still not sure if it might melt. So much more used to the warmer tropic weather of the Islands. But it is impressive.]

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[It worries him a little that they haven't heard from her yet, especially with the things that he saw in the gem, the things that happen in the future. He's more informed now, wiser to the role that he will eventually play out, and it makes him want to take care of them both for as long as he can in this state. Still, he nods. She'll check in when she's ready.]

I'm in the Greenwood, so it's not so far from where Caer Glaem used to be at least. [Familiar territory was a blessing.] The Garnet Coalition's taken me in. What about you?

[He's worried that they're split up. Sora speaks of a place that's definitely not the Greenwood. At the very least, there doesn't seem to be as much war going on as there was in the future.]

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I'm apparently with...Citrine? I think that's another of these Courts. I think I'm at their base or something. Figuring this out and meeting up might take a while, huh? But we'll figure something. It'll be good to explore and get the hang of things in the meantime, right?

[Or. Something like that. Even if he too is fretting a little on Xion's situation. At least he knows what happened with Riku. It's others he wants confirmation on. And it isn't as if he isn't used to traveling to different worlds, so he's sure he'll manage well enough until he can meet up with at least Terra if not her as well. Find plenty to do in the meantime as usual.

Completely ignoring that exploring is probably the last thing he should be doing if he's supposed to stay in one place for anyone else to come find him to check in with things. Or rather, just not quite considering it, already rather curious on the newer surroundings.]

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It's gonna take a while to get used to, but I'll be living in Leathann since it came back with us, if you'd prefer somewhere a little familiar.

[He's still surprised by that, by the fact that the gem was so powerful. It certainly didn't feel like it while they were in there, but Terra's senses hadn't been any help during that little episode.

There's a lot of territory to explore. Terra hasn't looked entirely at the new map yet, but he does know that the world is a lot bigger than just the land that they were used to.

And yes, that was an invitation to live with him, Sora.]

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Leathann's still here? Is it....is it still flying?

[Sora no. That is really not the important thing to wonder here with. Everything else.

He himself still doesn't have a means of transport beyond catching a ride somewhere or the like, likely much slower than that available to Terra and Xion though. So chances are it would be better for them to come find him if they were to meet up.

Give him a moment and he'll process that invitation.]

You think that'd be allowed? I don't know how strict things are with these courts. But if we can still use these to talk to each other. So maybe it isn't so......tense?

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Somehow, yeah.

[He doesn't know how. If they were back in the past, weren't the sylphs and dryads still alive? A powerful Aero spell? Who knew. He didn't have the faintest clue. For now, he focuses on the details at hand, and he hums, crossing his arms.]

For now, it seems as though there's not really that much fighting going on. I've heard that my new court is in an alliance with the Diamond Coterie, and constantly clashes with the Angelite Syndicate. That's as much as I've been able to gather.

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What about the--maybe they figured some other way to make it fly? Or because it already was back....er, in the future?

[Either way. It's apparently still around and in the air. Somehow. They can figure the details later. He gives a nod as he listens to Terra talk about his own court, a hand to his own chin as he ponders.]

Right. In that case, I don't think there should be an issue? If the Diamond Coterie aren't fighting with the Citrine Assembly we should be okay. For now, at least. But that's not taking Xion into account if she's still here and in another court again. The Citrine Assembly seem to like the Amethyst Syndicate though. I'd need to check the map to figure where anything is from here. Leathann might take a bit for me to get to.

[Which. He's not as tense and nervous on. Not without any outright fighting anyway. It seems safer, so he can probably take his time exploring and making his way there to meet Terra.]