The Crimson Cloak (Mickey)

[vincent]

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[atrb=style, font-family: Tahoma; word-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; background: #000000 ; border: 1px dashed #FF0000; color: 2f405e; opacity: 0.9; padding: 10px;] He had hoped the King had received his invitation, and would be meeting him soon. In a formal and polite letter as was the custom with the Disney Castle royalty, Vincent had sent a letter requesting if His Majesty would meet him here in Twilight Town. He had specifically indicated the best place would be at the Station Plaza, so if anyone were to see the two talking together then Mickey could simply get on a train and Vincent could walk the other way, as if they were passer-bys just casually engaging in conversation. It was also a place of public meeting, so Mickey would not suspect it was a trap by the enemy. He wasn't even sure if the King knew about his existance, or had just heard rumors about the man in the crimson cape around the worlds. He walked into the station plaza, letting himself be seen. He had swept the area several times, sensing the enemy was nowhere nearby to disrupt and/or overhear them. Vincent had respectfully requested a audience with the King at his castle before, but he never seemed to stay in one place, especially in his own kingdom where Vincent had partaken in the festivities of the recent events that had transpired there. He had been hoping to meet the King there, but perhaps a direct meeting the royalty of Disney Town would grace him with his special and cheer-invoking presence. He had many questions to ask him, particularly about the recent events that had transpired. He watched as a family and a young woman boarded a normal train to go to another part of the world; he thought about what were the rumors he had heard himself. Word had it that the keybarers Sora and Riku had been missing for a while, no sightnings of them having been reported by any of their friends. They had gone somewhere that was out of Vincent's field of knowledge, and while the world could do without them for a while, it was disconcerting the king also had been involved in a hostage situation in his own castle and then had gone missing after that. What had happened to him, and Sora and Riku, where had they been all this time? Vincent felt like perhaps the keybladers were leaving them out of the loop on something big that was going to go down in the universe; he hoped with understanding he could establish a repertoire with the mouse king and, with trust with his experience on not having saved his homeworld not once but twice, he would inform him what was really going on with the absent hole Xehanort's Heartless and Xemnas had left behind.

[atrb=style, font-family: Garamond; word-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; background: #000000 ; border: 1px groove #FF0000; color: 2f405e; opacity: 0.9; padding: 10px;] TAGGED: Mickey. MUSIC LYRICS: Alive by Shinedown. CREDIT GOES TO: Hana of OTE AND BS + Jawn's tutorial

[mickey]

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-- Compliments of PhantomXO of BTN

[vincent]

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[atrb=style, font-family: Tahoma; word-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; background: #000000 ; border: 1px dashed #FF0000; color: 2f405e; opacity: 0.9; padding: 10px;] As the train pulled out of the station with the Twilight Town residents, Vincent watched somewhat remorsefully in reflection of what life would be like, if he had not been dragged kicking and screaming into the world of heroes and villains. If he was just a normal person, having a normal life with... Lucrecia. He would be an old man by now since it was so long ago... and technically, he was an old man. Just retaining the youthful look of a younger man frozen in time, and would do do until the day he was killed. To watch generations go by, daring to care about people only to see them wither and die, leaving only descendants behind... that was his curse, and his punishment. Only Nanaki with his long life span would be able to traverse slowly through time as he had, and Vincent supposed now fate held no other course for him that he make best the moments of what he was fighting for. Peace, and smiling faces... that's all Lucrecia and he ever wanted. A new train came in, and Vincent looked up curiously; no trains were scheduled to come into the train station. Where did this one come from? The brightly colored train adorned with a pointy wizard's hat came to a stop on the platform, and... a short person in a black-hooded cloak stepped out. Vincent was hesitant... was this a member of Organization XIII? Rumor had it these there the humanoid Nobodies that stood against Sora some time ago and had almost sunk all worlds into darkness a second time. Vincent had his cloak curtained over his shoudlers and arms, discreetly reaching for his concealed handgun in case there was trouble... until his name was called out. "... Your Majesty?" Vincent called out as he quickly realized who it was, recognizing how the hood on the cloak shaped over his rounded ears, which he had noticed was a re-occuring symbol in Disney Castle. He knelt down, not only to get a better look at the hooded face, but also it was a sign of respect to meet him face-to-face... so he did not seem like he was standing in superiority over the mouse king, but as equals or himself as a lesser counterpart. It was hard to tell, even with the rounded ears, as this could have been any of his subjects from his kingdom. "... Vincent Valentine. My letter was received, I presume?"

[atrb=style, font-family: Garamond; word-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; background: #000000 ; border: 1px groove #FF0000; color: 2f405e; opacity: 0.9; padding: 10px;] TAGGED: Mickey. MUSIC LYRICS: Unbroken by Black Veil Brides. CREDIT GOES TO: Hana of OTE AND BS + Jawn's tutorial

[mickey]

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-- Compliments of PhantomXO of BTN

[vincent]

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[atrb=style, font-family: Tahoma; word-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; background: #000000 ; border: 1px dashed #FF0000; color: 2f405e; opacity: 0.9; padding: 10px;] (OOC: Sorry Beast! I forgot in typing up my post last time, to add what I thought of your template. It looks simple and refined, but if I must be honest, perhaps it could use a little more color that goes with the King's?) The black-hooded cloaked figure lowered their hood, and Vincent could see with his own crimson eyes that it was indeed the true King of Disney Castle. Kneeling down on one knee, his other knee bent before him for his golden gauntlet to rest on, he had to admit the claws on the fingertips were a little bit intimidating. Not to mention the whole dark look he had of black and red with a wide, tattered cloak spread out behind him like giant bat wings. For indeed, his attire was a personification of the strongest demonic presence held bottled deep within him, physical traits of Chaos exuded in it's human host's clothing. But if the King was wise and unjudgmental like some rulers he had met in his lifetime, he should know that a book should not be judged purely by it's cover. He inclined his head slowly as the king revealed his face, not making eye contact for a moment. While he had met few people in his lifetime that were rulers, from Rufus to Weiss, he did not think he had met one from another world before. They were bound to have different customs and mannerisms, and perhaps this ruler wanted to be treated as such. If the smile on his face was dictating anything though, is that he was a fair and just ruler. Just to be safe, he did not speak until he was spoken to, when His Majesty asked he paused for a moment to make sure he did not interupt. Then he spoke. "You arrived precisely when you were meant to, Your Majesty." he respectfully added, catching onto Mickey's allusioned commentary on current events. "Indeed, light and darkness are not what they appear to the eye. For I myself, steep myself in the powers of darkness, but to better serve the Light." He, two, swept the expanse of the Station Plaza with his keen sense before continuing. "Your eminence, I humbly seek to request any knowledge you may have had any contact with the keybarers. The one called Riku, and the one called Sora... last that anyone heard from them, they were in fact here on this world. To disappear from this very place, perhaps heading to the destination you came from, on a phantom train few have ever seen." He paused, and he would be lying if he said that his friends had been concerned. Everyone had gone missing from his party, save Aerith, who rumor had it had been sighted recently. "There is concern something happened to them, as they went missing some time ago. I was wondering, could you tell me all of what happened to them since their departure from Destiny Islands, does it have any effect on what their friends should be preparing for what's to come now?"

[atrb=style, font-family: Garamond; word-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; background: #000000 ; border: 1px groove #FF0000; color: 2f405e; opacity: 0.9; padding: 10px;] TAGGED: Snow, Hope. MUSIC LYRICS: Unbroken by Black Veil Brides. CREDIT GOES TO: Hana of OTE AND BS + Jawn's tutorial