Hellman76, to answer your question 1) No Star Wars (The KH3 universe is crowded enough already without throwing in the complicated history of Star Wars into the mix (After KH3 is fair game IMO, but for now, no Star Wars or Marvel besides easter eggs and the Big Hero 6 world, my brief Agents of Shield cameos notwithstanding)), 2) I'm trying to adhere to what we know about KH3 as much as possible and Tetsuya Nomura explicitly confirmed that Halloween Town will not be returning for the game, and 3) No. Starcraft isn't even something Disney owns, and I'm keeping my KH worlds limited to properties under the Disney umbrella.
Anyway I just want to clarify this now so nobody gets confused for these next few chapters.
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Chapter 49: The Lost Empire:
Earth – Atlantean Capital; 8,017 Years Ago
"Your majesty," Kashekim Nedakh, king of Atlantis, looked up to the sound of the guard's voice. After acknowledging the man's presence, the guard continued. "You have a visitor. Foreteller Vulpeus is here to see you."
"Send her in, then," the king replied with a nostalgic smile. Master Ava hadn't visited Atlantis since the demons invaded the World, and she was called away to lead her Union in the fight against these monsters. At twenty-five, she was perhaps one of the youngest Keyblade Masters in history, having achieved the rank when she was only twenty-one. Since she began her training under The Grand Master at the age of sixteen, the Foreteller had become like a second daughter to the Atlantean king and queen, and his young daughter Kidagakash saw her as an older sister. Unfortunately, considering the state of the world now, her visit in the middle of the conflict with the dark monsters that plagued the land did not bode well for his people. Nevertheless, he still smiled when she walked in.
"Your Majesty," she began. "Thank you for agreeing to speak with me on such short notice." Kashekim chuckled.
"No need to be so formal, my dear," the king replied warmly as he walked over and hugged the young Keyblade Master. "You are practically family, and you are always welcome here. I only wish your visit did not have to happen under such troubling circumstances."
"I agree," Ava replied sadly. "Which is why I unfortunately have to get to the point of why I'm here. The unions are on the brink of war. None of the other Foretellers can come to an agreement on what to do and we spend more time squabbling with each other than we do fighting those monsters. The only reason we haven't gone for each other's throats yet is because I hold enough influence to keep everyone in check. They all respect me too much to defy me, which is why we're going to hold a peace summit, in the hopes of coming up with a solution that benefits everyone."
"And you would like Atlantis to host the meeting," Kashekim finished, "when you know I wish to keep my kingdom out of the conflict."
"I know," Ava replied sadly. "And I'm sorry I have to ask you, but Daybreak Town is too much of powder keg to be considered neutral territory and you are the only one I trust besides Triton to be an impartial arbitrator. Unicornis has set up an outpost in Twilight Town, Urusus has established an auxiliary base in a castle in some kingdom, Anguis and Leopardos are feuding over control of Daybreak Town's clock tower… If we don't find a unified solution soon, millions of people are going to die. I know you want Atlantis not to get involved, but… I didn't know where else to turn." The king of Atlantis gave the young Keyblade Master another hug as she started to cry from all the pressure and stress she was clearly under.
"It's alright," he replied kindly. "I understand, child. I do not want my kingdom to become involved in the conflict, but I will make an exception for you, Ava. You are like a second daughter to me, and I will always help you in any way I can. But I will be preparing precautionary measures in the event that the summit turns sour."
"Thank you," she said as she dried her eyes. "I'll have to get back to Daybreak Town soon and finish making preparations for the summit. Thank you so much."
"You're welcome, my dear," Kashekim replied. "Kidagakash will be thrilled to see you again. Good luck with your preparations. I hope this summit will bear fruit."
"I hope so too," Ava remarked as she prepared to return to Daybreak Town. "I'll see you in a few days. Tell the queen I stopped by."
"I will," the Atlantean king replied as the Foreteller of the Vulpeus union walked out of his throne room. As she left, an intense feeling of foreboding came over him, as if trying to warn him that something terrible was about to happen. Dismissing it as just being nervous about the upcoming summit, he returned his focus to the guards as they announced that the commander of the Atlantean armada was there to report on the status of the recent construction for the war fleet. I love Ava like a daughter, he thought to himself, but without the weapons I've had my people create from the Crystal, we will not stand a chance against Keyblade Wielders should fighting break out between the unions. Even if the negotiations succeed, Atlantis needs to be ready to defend itself in the next conflict.
The Lost Empire – Ulysses Bridge; Now
The blaring klaxons jolted Kairi back to reality. She quickly blinked to clear her head of the confusing vision and remember what it was she was doing here. She and Riku had arrived on this world at Aqua's instruction to meet with an old friend of Master Eraqus, a millionare named Preston Whitmore. Initially, their objective was to acquire some of the advanced technology Whitmore developed for the Coalition. But when they arrived, and the eccentric industrialist had told them of his planned expedition to find the lost city of Atlantis, something deep down in her heart told Kairi that she needed to go on that expedition. After a lot of convincing, Riku had agreed, and they'd joined the crew of the Ulysses.
So the next day, she and Riku boarded the submarine alongside linguist and fellow newcomer Milo Thatch. A few hours after the launch, they'd reconnected on the bridge after putting their bags in their bunks. Neither of them had brought anything with them beyond toiletries, preferring to leave their personal belongings in the Gummi Ship. Anyway, on the bridge, she'd hit it off with the ship's lead engineer Audrey Ramirez while Riku stood off on his own. A few minutes later, Milo walked onto the bridge to give a presentation to the expedition's leadership about what they were looking for on this trip. She chuckled at the crew's commentary as Milo fumbled his way through the explanation of the Leviathan. She felt a strange unease when the linguist dismissed it as just being a sculpture. It's probably a real animal, she'd thought to herself, that feeling of unease only amplified when they discovered the graveyard of sunken ships.
The communications officer, Mrs. Packard, playing an ominous moaning sound over the ship's sonar was the final straw. Immediately after sharing her suspicions with Commander Rourke, he ordered the helmsman to tighten their search pattern and find the thing. And that was when the beast attacked. When the monstrosity grabbed the submarine in its claws, Milo and Kairi fell against the glass of the bridge's observation bubble, she fell into a daze while Milo exclaimed that the Leviathan of legend was a machine. Rourke shouting over the intercom to launch sub-pops snapped her back to the present as she raced over and helped Milo back onto the deck.
"We're free!" Rourke shouted as torpedo from the sub-pods stunned the beast long enough for it to release the submarine from its death grip. "All ahead full!" Riku grabbed Kairi's arm as the Ulysses shook from the impact of a laser fired from the mechanical monster's mouth. A minute later, Audrey's voice came over the ship's radio warning Rourke that the ship was taking on water and they had twenty minutes before it reached the sub's boiler. An explosion could be heard on the other end of the line before the sixteen-year old engineer quickly changed her answer from twenty minutes to five. As soon as he heard that, Rourke ordered everyone to abandon ship.
"MOVE IT, PEOPLE!" Rourke's second-in-command, a woman named Helga Sinclair, shouted as she held open an escape capsule while Riku, Kairi, Milo, Rourke, Audrey, medical officer Joshua Sweet, geologist Mole, chef Cookie, Mrs. Packard, demolitions expert Vinnie, and a few dozen other crewmembers scrambled into the mini-sub. "SOMETIME TODAY WOULD BE NICE! COME ON! EVERYBODY GRAB A SEAT AND BUCKLE IN!" The mini-sub launched out of the ship seconds before the Leviathan destroyed the Ulysses in a massive explosion. After a harrowing chase that resulted in the destruction of five of the seven escape vehicles, the group finally emerged into the air pocket Milo had described in his presentation.
After a few hours of unloading vehicles and equipment from the mini-sub to traverse the ancient highway leading to the ruins of Atlantis, Rourke gave a short but heartfelt eulogy for the poor souls lost in the attack. After the brief funeral was concluded, everyone piled into the vehicles and set off along the ancient tunnel leading to the ruins of this lost civilization. As they drove through the tunnels, she shared with Riku her strange desire to know more about Atlantis. He told her that he wasn't upset about delaying their departure from this world, but they would need to figure out how to get back to the Gummi Ship, since the teleportation beam didn't reach underground.
"Just be glad your boyfriend isn't here," he teased. "Sora would've jumped right into this thing even faster than you without a second thought."
The reason I'm having everyone in the flashback scene speak Atlantean is because the movie basically treats the Atlantean language as the root of all modern languages, so I decided to take that and run with it. So all the Keyblade War flashbacks have everyone speaking Atlantean. Other information on little details in the Atlantis movie like the king's name came from the Disney Wikia and backed up by other sources.
