itsjustagamerp | Chaos Theory

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Chaos Theory

Characters: Riku, Amaterasu and Perry the Platypus!
Content: Riku gets curious about the time machine, and tests it out as a scout, only to find he needs a rescue!
Location: Utah, 126 mya, Barremian stage of the early Cretaceous
Time of Day: Morning
Warnings: Acrocanthosaurus, a dead Astrodon, a large pack of Utahraptors and TL;DR
Notes: I have dinosaur books! I don’t expect this to be scientifically accurate, but I can answer questions!

Riku stepped out from the time machine, shielding his eyes from the early morning sun. What he was doing was risky, and he knew it. Still, if anyone was going to do this, it was best to have a scout. The teen was curious anyway. As such, he'd looked up when to travel to. He'd grabbed a sword and knife at least, making sure they were both sharpened and as well-balanced as any from the weapon's deck. It would be the ultimate test of his skills, if he had to use that sword.

The air was hot, and he felt like he was drowning in the humidity. The air seemed still. Riku removed his white vest, leaving it in the time machine. A strip of leather tied back his hair, keeping him cooler and making it less likely his hair would be snagged by the thick undergrowth. As he moved outward, he used the knife to peel bark and mark the trees, ensuring he could find his way back.

Something large was rushing through the undergrowth... No, several creatures! Riku got down low, hiding under a giant fern. Several large meat-eaters came through, each marked like green tigers, save for a streak of bright red above their eyes. They weren't interested in Riku, leaving the young man to wonder what they were. They weren't Tyrannosaurus Rex, they had too many fingers and weren't large enough, either. They also had a thick ridge down their backs, though from his viewpoint, it was hard to tell if it was a small fin or if it was covered in flesh. They didn't look like Spinosaurus, either. Spinosaurs had thin snouts. "Maybe Allosaurus?" Riku guessed with doubt, and incorrectly. Regardless, he stared after them in awe. Kairi was going to kill him. That much was obvious. And Sora HAD to see this.

Not much further was a glade, and an amazing sight. In the middle of it was a downed long-necked dinosaur, and all around it, a huge pack of raptors! Riku smirked. No other way to describe it. this was just cool. The pack was feasting upon heir kill. These couldn’t be velociraptors. They were way too big! Still, they were raptors all right. Covered in slate gray feathers and with rust-colored wings, it was still impossible to mistake that killing claw.

The wind shifted. Riku thought little of it until a raptor chick sniffed at the air and began to chirp loudly, alerting the others. ...They were downwind of him. Riku began to back away, but he saw bright blue and green crests raise along their necks, and they chittered. One began to move forward, a scout Riku guessed. The boy ran!

Riku rushed towards the time machine, but he had some ground to cover. He stopped abruptly at movement up ahead. He ducked down, drawing his sword and using the undergrowth for cover. There it was. A raptor stood, occasionally flaring a bright blue crest, looking off somewhere. It was waiting for him. He noted dully that it was brighter than the ones with green crests, much like male birds are brighter... Riku raised his sword a little, only to feel it shift and hiss a little in his grasp, a few bits of light illuminating the shadows he hid in. The weight in his hands was familiar.

He didn’t need to look over to see what happened. He was more focused on the fact the raptor was looking right at him. Regardless, he couldn’t be more thankful for Way to the Dawn right now. If he could take out the scout, he’d be home free. But why wasn’t it moving?

And to his left another head appeared, flashing a bright green crest with a hiss.

“...Clever girl.”

Riku immediately found claws coming at his face.

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Perry didn't notice the flowers behind Angel, what he DID notice was the trail. Riku was smart in that regard at least. Leaving a trail meant he could find his way back but, also, that Perry could follow him. He followed it a bit, also relying on Angel's sense of smell.

Of course, even he didn't need that for long since the sounds of battle were also growing louder. He heard Riku shout You can't stop me! and Perry didn't take any more time, he was scampering through the forest. He wasn't used to the terrain, but he was also a platypus with a great deal of agility and tour through the foliage like it was nothing.

He broke though the last fern just in time to see Riku's limit break fade and one of the dinosaurs get in a good swipe. He was injured and bleeding so Perry didn't dwell long on the weird shadow stuff light show. Perry was normally cautious but, yeah, there was no way he was just going to sit around and let one of his good friends get taken down by a dinosaur.

Perry realized he was still holding the vest. Thinking quickly he launched himself at the nearest raptor in the pack, slinging the vest around its jaws and driving his foot into the back of its neck, hoping it was the cluster of nerves he was looking for. It was and the raptor reacted as he had hoped and jerked forward. Perry stayed focused, steering his captured dinosaur into the one looming over Riku and the two tumbled into each other and onto the ground.

It must have been a strange sight, seeing a platypus riding a raptor. Said platypus flipped off the raptor at the last second as they crashed into each other and landed in front of Riku. He took up a defensive stance and, thankfully, the pack just seemed confused for a moment, making several strange sounds. However, Perry knew they were going to recover any moment but he also had a few tricks up his non-existent sleeves.

At least Riku had the good sense to leave a trail to follow, and Perry had the good sense to pick up on it. As they continued forward into the depths, they picked up speed after hearing Riku's cries. By the time they reached him, they were practically flying through the foliage.

In one glance, Ammy could see Riku was in serious trouble. She didn't know what these creatures were exactly...they looked like monsters, but didn't smell or feel like demons. Maybe this point in time just had very different animals than the ones she knew. But whatever the case, they were attacking Riku, and he couldn't last much longer!

Perry jumped into the fray instantly. While normally Ammy would have worried about such a small friend going up against all these creatures, it was clear that he had his own methods of fighting that more than made up for his size.

While it may have looked like Ammy was just running back and forth and not doing anything to fight, in fact, she immediately put herself into the battle as well. Amaterasu paused time for herself, and turned the world itself into her canvas. There, she focused her attention on a group of two raptors circling around the back of where Riku was situated, now frozen in mid-jump. No use holding back right now...she quickly painted a thunderbolt over them, then put away her canvas, resuming the flow of time.

Riku and Perry wouldn't have seen her painting, or even noticed that time had stopped at all...what they would see was a sudden bolt of lighting appearing seemingly out of nowhere and striking the center of the raptors. The blast of thunder sent the two dinosaurs flying backwards, shrieking in pain and surprise.

Riku was losing strength fast. Even as power began to well up in him again, even that seemed to seep away almost as fast as it came, and he fell to his knees. He held up Way to the Dawn in defense as a raptor loomed closer, ready to pounce, when it was pounced it self by... Perry?! He was wearing the same hat he was while he was a pony. And Arctic - Amaterasu - was running past? As powerful as a wolf could be, what could she do against something that stood two to three times her height alone? And suddenly lightning struck from clear skies! ...Was that her or Perry that cast Thunder?

Regardless, the pack was baffled, stepping back to evaluate what was happening. Riku didn't have time to wipe his eyes or question if blood loss was making him hallucinate. If he had his other powers, it meant he had basic magic. While not his strong suit, it was about to save his life almost as much as the wolf and platypus. He cast Curaga, and while it was poorly cast, he felt the pain ebb and his vision start to clear. He dared take the time to cast it a second time. While a bite wound to his arm still hurt for some reason, he felt everything else mend itself. Even the dull leftover pain of the weeks-old broken rib was finally gone. With a deep breath, Riku rose, readying his Keyblade.

He had lost track of Angel for the moment but his attention was brought back to her when he heard a loud clap of thunder and lightning cut the air. Riku was down for the moment so it could only be Angel. He would have given her a look of surprise but he had to stay focused or he was going to be raptor chow.

Seeing as Perry looked the most defenseless and was standing in front of someone injured and weak the raptors, of course, focused on him. Perry took a step back, slipping his tail under the dirt. As one of the raptors sprung for the kill, Perry flipped his tail up and threw dirt in the raptors eyes. He'd always had good leverage on his tail. The raptor howled and started thrashing and Perry took the opportunity to jump at it, getting good air before slapping it across the face with his tail. While it wasn't nearly as frail as Doof it was still about the same height, if not a bit taller, and Perry was used to fighting enemies taller than himself.

The slap stung but did not bring the dinosaur down. Perry flipped up onto its back from that point reaching up and snagging a vine hanging from one of the trees. His agility was working to his favor as he quickly roped up the raptor and brought it down in seconds. Pulling the vine tight and digging his webbed foot into its' back. Yeah, that's right dino, you just got taken down by a mammal. There was a reason we became the dominant species you know.

Luckily, it looked like Riku knew some magic of his own...enough to heal himself, which was good, since none of Ammy's brushes worked as direct cure spells. However, one more raptor looked brave (or stupid) enough to try and tackle Perry while he was focused on hogtying the other raptor. A couple more were hanging back and waiting for an opportunity to move in.

While she thought about using firestorm or a cherry bomb to get rid of the remaining dinos, she didn't want to risk hurting Perry or Riku with such strong attacks. She could help another way, however, and pulled up her canvas once more. This time, she painted the veil of mist over the charging raptor. When time resumed, a strange and heavy mist seemed to form around the raptor, and to Perry and Riku it would appear as if it were now moving in extreme slow-motion. That would give them plenty of time to counter it.

The remaining dinosaurs looked baffled at this whole turn of events, and turned tail to run, leaving just the one for Perry or Riku to finish off.

As Riku had healed himself, he'd watched as the two animals fought off his attackers. Perry fought with unbelievable skill and cunning, and Amaterasu seemingly without lifting a paw. At least, he could only assume the magic was from her. She must have been a great warrior in her pack!

Riku blinked at the raptor moving almost gracefully in slow motion. He approached it, literally a foot away from it and staring it in the face. With a single quick motion, he brought his arm back and slammed the hilt of his weapon into the side of its face, breaking teeth. "Let's see how you like it." And with that Riku connected with a roundhouse kick, sending it flying back.

He stood there a moment, still breathing heavily before turning to the side and spitting out the blood leftover from before he healed himself. After a moment, he looked to the other two with a look of confusion. "Amaterasu? ...Perry?!" Had he really just been saved by a green platypus, of all things? ...At least a wolf made sense. ...A wolf with strange powers. But a platypus?!

What the heck? Okay the lightning out of nowhere was weird enough but now Angel could cause some sort of weird, time slowing mist to appear? Perry just shook his head, made sure the knots were good and tight on his raptor, and then turned to see that Riku had recovered as well. Wait. When had THAT happened? Those injuries had been SERIOUS.

Perry sighed. Something weird was going on. Either Angel had done that too or Riku had some weird abilities of his own. He was thinking it was the later since Angel had been fairly focused on the fight from what he could tell.

Of course, it looked like Riku was also a fighter. Although, given that Perry had fought his Shade he had kind of figured that out already. Perry looked up at Riku with a somewhat guilty look. After his encounter with Sora and the others he'd REALLY been worrying about this whole secret thing. It wasn't so much a fear of exposure any more as a worry that people would reject him like Phineas had (at first) when he had found out. Perry was, of course, also concerned that Major Monogram and OWCA would find out and he'd REALLY be up a creek without a paddle.

But, well, at least THIS time the reason had been legitimate exposure. He could hardly just sit by and let Riku get eaten. He waved a paw, a bit awkwardly, as if to say 'Yes, hi Riku, it's me, the platypus.'

And with that final kick to the head, it looked like all of the dinosaurs had been taken care of. All the rest had run off, and the one that Perry had tied up didn't look to be escaping anytime soon. She shook herself out and turned to face Riku. She didn't know whether or not Riku could see her divine instrument and markings, but after that battle he probably had a good idea of how not-normal she was.

Still, she didn't see the need to worry about it. The important thing was that they'd managed to work together and save Riku from those creatures!

She noticed Perry looked a little nervous, and tried to give him an encouraging smile...surely Riku would be all right with him being a fighter and a secret agent, right?

The youth sat down amongst the ferns next to his fellow mammals. He held out Way to the Dawn, letting it vanish in a flash of blue sparks. "I guess none of us are what we looked like back on the ship, huh?" He sniffed the air a little, noting he could faintly detect the scent of darkness on his hands leftover from using Dark Firaga. It was a vile scent, but strangely one that made him feel almost nostalgic, missing using that balance of light and dark. It'd been some months since he'd felt his Keyblade in his hands, and it was comforting. Still, he gave the two a smile of gratitude.

"Thanks guys. Can't say this was one of my brightest moves."

"The lack of powers thing, I get." He reached out and scratched the plain white wolf behind the ears. "But Perry, I'm guessing you weren't just intelligent as a pony, were you?" He didn't sound angry so much as a little baffled. "So why the big secret?" Could Perry talk?

Well, at least he had Angel's support. He could live with that if nothing else. Perry nodded at her and turned back to Riku in time to see the strange sword disappear. Okay, so, he could make his weapon disappear and heal himself and Angel could make time mist and lightning. Either they had some really rad inventions or this was magic. Which, he almost didn't want to believe except for the fact he'd already HAD a conversation with Angel. He called her that for a reason after all. That meant...wow she really WAS some kind of divine being.

Perry shook his head. No, Riku, not the brightest move, but at least you were okay and that's what mattered here.

It was the usual inquiry he was expecting, although Riku seemed to be taking it about as well as Sora and his friends had. That group must have dealt with a lot of a platypus wearing a hat with above-average intelligence and fighting skills didn't phase them.

He shook his head at Riku's question. No the pony thing wasn't the first time he'd been intelligent. He'd been "aware" the entire time he'd been on board.

Perry reached up into his hat and pulled out a copy of the drawings he had given Sora and the others. It had worked so well in explaining things so far and since he didn't have the OWCA approved pamphlet with him it was his best shot. Plus, this had a personal touch since it didn't really talk about the organization as a whole, just Perry's personal reasons for keeping his secret and why he wanted to continue to do it.

Well, possibly continue. He really was starting to feel bad about all the hiding of things. He held out the pamphlet to Riku.

Ammy barked back once to Riku's question. While she was a little surprised that he was able to pull a strange-looking sword from nowhere, it didn't bother her any...not when she'd dealt with others who could do similar things. The world he came from must have allowed it.

She did, however, detect that scent of darkness on him, and it raised the fur on the back of her neck a bit. Had she not already known Riku well enough, she would've taken that darkness for something really bad. What confused her about it was that while it was certainly darkness, it wasn't the kind of darkness that she usually associated with demons. It almost seemed a little more like the opposing light of Yumigami's moon. All in all, she found it rather confusing.

She'd have to ask him those questions in a moment, however...Perry was still explaining his situation to Riku. That pamplet definitely looked pretty thorough.

That's what Riku got for trying to do too much on his own. Old habits die hard.

He carefully took the lower edge of the pamphlet, looking it over. "Nice drawings." He examined it and gave Perry a nod as he let go. "They're your family. I can get that." Resting a couple fingers on Perry's little shoulder, Riku continued, "It's okay. I'll keep your secret. Though I gotta ask... when I petted you, was that patronizing?" He gave a brief glance to Amaterasu, but he'd known she was sentient the whole time, and petting her like a dog didn't bother her. After all, he was scratching her ears...

And then he noticed her fur prickle. "Did I scratch the wrong way, Am?"

Perry looked a lot more relieved now that he had heard that from Riku. He still had some things to think about in terms of the SOL as a whole, but for now having Riku's support was a bonus.

He smiled slightly and shook his head. No, he was still a pet after all. He liked getting that sort of attention. Perry took out his notepad and doodled a drawing of himself sleeping on the edge of Riku's bed. As long as Riku didn't mind him still doing this from time to time, then the petting could continue. He didn't want to be weird but, again, he was STILL a pet.

Ammy was glad to see Riku allay Perry's worries. So far, it seemed that everyone that knew Perry's secret was willing to keep it a secret from Phineas.

In response to Riku's question, she shook her head no. She wrinkled her nose a bit to indicate that she smelled something...whether Riku picked up on it being his darkness or something else, she could work either way. But if he wanted her to elaborate, she'd be pulling out her own paper and ink.

He watched as Perry replied with another drawing. Somehow he was becoming more and more thankful for the conversations he'd been having with Namine through drawings. Riku smiled and shrugged. "Okay then. You got it." He hummed a chuckle. "I guess this is no stranger than hanging out with King Mickey. He's a mouse, after all."

It was obvious Amaterasu had smelled something with that little gesture. He looked around cautiously. "You smell another predator around?" His hand left her head and began to grasp a little at the air. He was ready to call his Keyblade back.

A mouse king. Perry made a face like he wasn't sure about that. Then again, if there was a world for secret agent platypi, who knew what other kinds of places were out there. His expression changed to one of curiosity. He was...kind of interested in meeting this mouse king. Although...wait a second. Mickey? Mickey Mouse? Huh. Coincidence or was there a world out there where the mascot for Disney World was real. Perhaps another time he could ask.

Right now, however, he was wondering what Angel was smelling as well. He hadn't heard any approaching raptors, though their fight COULD have attracted some other dinosaurs. Perry moved to the edge of their area and started peering into the trees but so far he saw nothing. He glanced at the raptor he had hog tied and even IT didn't seem to be reacting to anything in particular, though it was still struggling with it's bonds. Perry wondered if perhaps he should move it...although hogtying a raptor and moving it were two totally different things.

He turned back to Angel with a questioning look. What was it she smelled exactly?

Ammy shook her head again. She was a little reluctant to bring up what she did smell right now, since Perry had just explained his deal to Riku and had been so worried about Riku trusting him. Did she want to suggest that Riku perhaps wasn't trustworthy now, especially when she herself wasn't sure of any of that beyond a weird smell? While Issun had a huge habit of jumping to conclusions, Ammy had seen Riku enough to feel that he wasn't actually a threat to anyone. Actions spoke loudest when dealing with gods...or most people, for that matter.

As for Mickey...she had no knowledge of any Mickey Mouse, and if a rat could be a powerful god, she saw no reason why a mouse couldn't be a king, too.

But to answer Perry and Riku's questions...maybe she could get around it another way, while still seeing if Riku would bring up darkness. She pulled out a piece of paper, and began to paint once again. While she normally used a brush in her mouth on the satellite, here she could actually use her tail, which was a lot easier for her. Riku and Perry may have seen it as ink suddenly spreading all over the page, as if it were being painted by an invisible brush. When finished, she showed them her painting:

The platypus was seriously questioning a mouse king? Riku wasn't quite so sure how a green platypus would be unsure about this.

Riku watched as the painting seemed to form itself upon the page. He saw the ink form around and shape a moon, bleeding in around a figure... And realized it was him, standing in the night. No, the darkness. His eyes widened. "How do--" He paused, bringing up the palm of his hand to sniff it. Yes, it was very faint, but he could smell the darkness on it. That's how she knew. No longer so steeped in darkness as he once was, his senses were no longer so sensitive to it. But he still knew that scent, and evidently, so did Amaterasu. "...You smell this." he held out his palms to her. "You've got experience fighting the darkness, don't you?"

His gaze drifted downward slightly before he pressed spread fingers to the soil beside him. Under his palm reappeared Way to the Dawn, but he never grasped its hilt, removing his hand and leaning his wrist on his knee. "I don't know if light has a scent. But maybe the scent of this will tell you more of what I am."

Well, to be fair, there was Agent M. But he wasn't ruling any kingdoms that Perry knew of.

Angel was just full of all kinds of surprises today. Perry watched her work, as usual, and then looked up at Riku. So the smell was coming from him? Weird. Well, Perry had no where NEAR the nose Angel did. Of course, the fact that Riku could smell it...well...maybe Perry should just stop being surprised by everything.

He glanced between the two. Darkness? Like those Shade things they had fought? Perry gave Angel a look. Were those things here? But Perry had already fought Riku's shade once. He couldn't help but to smirk at the memory of THAT encounter, even if he had been beaten in the end...he had still managed to pants the thing.

Perry eyed the sword that had magically appeared in front of Riku. He was beginning to stop being surprised at these things and just go with it. It was a strange blade, to be sure, but he wasn't sure how it was going to tell Angel anything.

She gave Riku's palm another quick sniff before pulling away again. Yes, it was faint, but there was something like darkness. There was still the issue of it not being the same kind of burning malice that usually came from demons, however. In response to his first question, she did nod once.

Unfortunately, light didn't really have a scent as much as darkness did. Light was more seen and felt, and was more action than anything. She didn't provide much reaction to Way to the Dawn...he didn't have to prove himself to her yet. Not unless he actually started behaving like a demon...like those shade things Perry was thinking of did.

But as to that questioning look Perry gave...she still wasn't sure how to answer him. Especially since it looked like he was still trying to figure out Riku's strange sword. Heck, she was still trying to figure it out, herself.

Mostly, Ammy tried to give Riku a reassuring look. If he didn't get it, well...maybe she could try another way.

With little reaction to his weapon, Riku pressed his lips together a little. He wasn't sure how to prove anything, but... She wasn't growling at him, either. Riku never did like telling his story. But if she could smell his darkness, it was out anyway.

"I made a bunch of mistakes a while ago. I allied myself once with darkness. And I was in deep. So deep I had to have someone haul me out when things got bad." He looked off when the breeze tugged the tips of his hair. "I learned that darkness itself isn't bad, but the temptations it brings is. I use it and light side by side now. ...Or I did before we all ended up on the SOL." Riku looked back to his weapon. "That's a type of Keyblade. It formed out of my previous weapon. It looked like just a bat wing. This is more what I am now."

Perry was now pretty much completely lost. Darkness, Keyblades, and all of this was just not something he had dealt with...EVER. He looked back and forth between Ammy and Riku before just shrugging and giving up trying to make sense of all this.

It looked like Perry couldn't quite figure out all of this, which she wasn't surprised about. It was probably a whole lot to swallow if you weren't already used to divine beings or forces of light and darkness battling each other. She herself wasn't sure about Riku's special sword.

But, it was clear that this was something Riku was struggling with, even if he was past the worst of it. He was afraid that she'd reject him or fear him for this darkness. And true, she was cautious, but not untrusting. But how to show that to Riku?

Amaterasu thought for a moment, then figured she'd use another one of her brushes to show that. She looked up towards the sky, brought up her canvas, and painted a crescent moon up in the sky. The world responded again--it became night instantly, with a bright moon replacing the sun.

She nodded up to the newly-formed crescent moon. Even at night, in the darkness, you could still see the moon's light. Both the sun and moon were needed to give light throughout time...maybe, she could suggest that his was more like the moon.

Riku's eyes widened as he marveled at what was happening before him. Day became night, daylight into darkness. He looked wide-eyed at the white wolf.

He didn't understand entirely, but he made his own conclusions, pausing a moment to collect his thoughts. ...It wasn't that she had powers over darkness. He could sense that much. It was more a difference in light. after all, the lack of light was darkness. Still, there was moonlight. As Kairi had passed along from her grandmother, "Even in the greatest darkness, there is light." Was this what she was saying?

"So you're at least familiar with darkness. ...Are you saying there's light in every darkness?" he ventured.

Woah! What? Why was it suddenly dark? Perry looked around in confusion before looking back at Angel as realization dawned on him. He pointed at her and then at the sky as if to ask: Did you seriously just make it night? Seriously?

Perry looked up at the sky as Angel indicated it. Wow. There sure were a billion more stars up there than he remembered. It was beautiful really.

Riku seemed impressed too and why shouldn't he be? Perry reached up into his hat and pulled out a mini flashlight. He turned it on and held it out to Riku, well, sure there's light in every darkness...especially if you're prepared for such things. There's no need to fear the dark.

She wasn't sure about there being light in every darkness...Yami, Ninetales, and Orochi had never been beings with much desire for anything but to spread darkness and evil. More like, even though there was a lot of darkness, there was always a sunrise at the end of it. If he wanted to look at it that way and take comfort in it, she didn't mind. So, she nodded and gave him an encouraging smile.

She also turned over to Perry, and nodded in confirmation that yes, she had made it nighttime. At least he wasn't freaking out about it too much!

And it was true...even from the satellite windows, it was hard to see as many stars in the sky as they could now.

If Riku could have read her mind, he would have seen just how much on the same track they really were. And though he'd have agreed there were beings dedicated to darkness, such as Xehanort's Heartless, even the heart he contained would have had an iota of light, trapped deep inside without a way out.

At Perry's offer of a flashlight, he chuckled, but held out a hand. "Thanks, Perry. If I got my powers back, I can find my way in the dark."

Riku joined them in looking up at the stars. It was like fine white sand tossed on the school ground blacktop, every tiny grain sparkling. "I haven't seen this many stars since I was home. ...Maybe not even then." He looks to Perry. "Hey, want a better look? I can get into the top of that tree fast." Looking back to Amaterasu, he continued, "I don't think I could carry you up there, though." He seemed unsure, like he wanted to say he could, but he couldn't judge his jumps as well with that much weight.

He still couldn't believe it and, yet, here it was. Perry shook his head, partly out of sheer amusement at the ridiculousness of it all. Oh well, who was he to talk? He was a secret agent Platypus.

And no problem Riku, if nothing else know that Perry will have your back and protect you from the darkness with his flashlight.

Perry shook his head, there were too many lights for there to be stars like this in Danville. It made him smile fondly. Phineas and Ferb would have loved this, he knew it. At Riku's suggestion Perry looked over at the tree, eyeing each branch. He scoffed. Please, Riku, he could scale a tree like that no problem.

The platypus adjusted his hat and then took to the tree at a run. He managed to run up a good way before leaping to the first branch and then hopping and jumping the rest of the way up. By the time he was about half way up he looked back down at Riku and Ammy. What? He took down a raptor, after that climbing a tree was cake. There was definitely a smirk there on his bill and he gestured for Riku to hurry is butt up. He figured if Angel could turn the sky into night then she could find SOME way up, right? She was pretty amazing that way.

The starlight above almost looked like the river of stardust from here...as close as the mortal world could get, anyways. It was very beautiful, and Ammy loved beautiful things.

Of course, Perry could definitely find his own way up a tree. He was fast and athletic that way; a tree would be no problem for him.

As for her, she had her own unusual methods for getting up to high places. She gave Riku her own kind of knowing smirk, and looked up to the top of the tree. Well, there wasn't as much space to draw catwalk, plus there wasn't much of a solid base to draw from like the Kabegami statues. However, she did spy a large blossom twisted around the top of the tree that didn't look too different from a Konohana blossom. She brought up her canvas, and sure enough, she could draw a vine from it.

She did so, and a large vine suddenly sprang from the blossom towards the top of the tree and latched onto Ammy's reflector. Then it snapped all the way back, dragging Ammy with it in one swift motion. She did a neat little jump as she landed on the top of the tree, balancing herself carefully on the branches.

Riku watched as the two made their way up with ease. Perry was quite the nimble little platypus. Riku hadn't thought they could climb trees, but this one certainly could. He was less surprised by the fact Amaterasu could get into the tree and more surprised by how she got up there. Still, she turned day into night, something more powerful than any Heartless or Nobody he'd ever seen. Why should he be surprised by a flower and vine?

Seeing a platypus smirk was interesting and fun. Seeing a wolf smirk was cool. But he had a smirk of his own.

Riku could climb trees well and jump high for a human before he'd even left the Islands. It came as part of being a competitive teenage boy with a rival and someone to try to get the attention of. A Keyblade, however, enhanced anyone's natural abilities. Riku closed his eyes, wishing he had his blindfold, still. He sprang up from the ground, leaping many times higher than he ever should have been able to. He caught hold of a branch, swung around until he could land his feet on it and leapt again. Riku burst from the treetop in a small explosion of gingko leaves and landed, gracefully perching himself before opening his eyes.

It was his turn to smirk back.

While he was still impressed by Angel's abilities it was starting to lose it's shock value. Still he nodded with approval when she made her way up the tree and was next to him. He turned his gaze back to Riku, waiting to see what he could do.

Of course, the jump was VERY impressive. Perry gave a small round of applause for both of them. Good job you two, you impressed the platypus again.

Ammy gave a look that could have come across as a silent laugh, if such a thing existed. Good to know that they had official platypus approval!

Now that they were all up here, they could enjoy the moonlight and starlight. A few flying creatures passed them by, but they didn't seem to pay them any mind. After all this, it was going to be tough to go back to the SOL again, especially if their powers still didn't work back there. But at least she had some good pictures to draw for Chibi, Namine and more!

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Chaos Theory

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If Riku can smell his own darkness a little, Ammy definitely can.

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