A Flickering Light Bonus: Warriors

Song: watch?v=1uBPOu3si5w

Book 8 Chapter 8

Evening all, WolfWing here. I know that this is a bit unusual, and not on a typical upload day, but I'd really like your guys' feedback on this. I know my own scene too well, so the test of if this worked is if you guys can see the scene too. Please leave reviews or comments or whatever, but that's my only way of gauging if this worked.

Thanks in advance.

-WolfWing

Guide:

Directions

-My comments

Song lyrics

-Alright, let's do this. I have very little confidence in this going well, but if it doesn't, well, then no one will see this anyway. My vision for this scene had it as a culmination of their journeys to this point. But I'm getting ahead of myself, so let's establish ground of the scene first.

Setting: The beach in the Realm of Darkness. Fight will be occurring with characters on the surface of the water.

Characters: Riku, Aqua (variants)

-Basically, by variants, I mean that I wanted this fight to involve their younger selves as follows:

Riku 1: Riku as a kid in Destiny Islands, fights with a wooden sword

Riku 2: End of Kingdom Hearts/Chain of Memories replica Riku. Dark outfit, fights with Soul Eater

Riku 3: Dream Drop Distance Riku, fights with Way to the Dawn

Riku 4: Current Riku at this stage, new clothes, fights with Braveheart

Aqua 1: Aqua as a child, fights with wooden model keyblade

Aqua 2: Aqua's teenage years, fights with Rainfell

Aqua 3: Aqua in Birth by Sleep, fights with Stormfall

Aqua 4: Anti-Aqua, fights with Spark (Ignus's Keyblade)

-So we'll see all of these throughout the fight. Let's get started.

Song start with Riku 4 looking across water

As a child

Becomes Riku 1

You would wait and watch from far away

Riku 1 starts moving forward at a walk

But you always knew that you'd be the one to work while they all play / You

Starts gaining speed and grow to Riku 2

You'd lay awake at night and scheme

Holds up keyblade, full run

Of all the things that you would change

Jumping slash, change to Riku 3 in air

But it was just a dream

Bring weapon down with beat drop

(Chorus) Here we are don't turn away now / we are the warriors that built this town

Riku 3 fights Aqua 3, mostly keyblade-to-keyblade

-So I have the individual strikes here planned, but I can't describe them properly and keep the flow, so we're going to skip that.

Here we are don't turn away now / we are the warriors that built this town / from dust

Last two words Aqua 3 knocked back, lands on surface of the water and skids back a bit as Aqua 1

Will come / when you will have to rise

Aqua 1 stands up on "rise"

Above the rest and prove yourself your spirit never dies / Farewell

Starts running forward as Aqua 2.

I've gone to take my throne above / don't weep for me cause this will be

Draw back keyblade for thrust, change to Aqua 3.

The labor of my love

Clash with Riku 3 again for chorus

(Chorus) Here we are don't turn away now / we are the warriors that built this town / here we are don't turn away now / we are the warriors that built this town / from dust

-Okay, here's where it gets complicated and I have to start using timestamps. My idea for the end of this was having them fight at each stage against each other as part of one unbroken shot revolving around the two of them. Here we go. I also think it's important to note that the speed and intensity of the fighting increases with each time jump.

1:45 – 1:50 Flash transition, Aqua 1 fighting Riku 1

1:50 – 1:56 Flash transition, Aqua 2 fighting Riku 2

1:56 – 2:02 Flash transition, Aqua 3 fighting Riku 3

2:03 – 2:08 Heavy strike knocks both back, wide shot to see both recover for a second, both stand and charge forward again

2:09 Slow motion

-My vision for this part kind of had them blending between each of their versions in order as they ran

Here we are

Aqua 1 running at Riku 1

Don't turn away

Aqua 2 running at Riku 2

Now

Aqua 3 running at Riku 3

(Don't turn away!)

Multiple flashes on song beats through each stage as swing weapons towards each other, finally meet in the clash as Aqua 4 and Riku 4

-Hitting maximum intensity of fight with crescendo of song

We are the warriors that built this town / here we are don't turn away now / we are the warriors that built this town / from dust

Aqua 4 and Riku 4 in combat until end of song