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The Starship Phonix returns to The Lanes Between of Sora's Galaxy, the Galaxy of Hearts. Bentley gets to talking.
"OK, guys, Ventus, one of the only people left in the Galaxy who lived through the First Keyblade War is waiting for us, but after a briefing on this Galaxy's history from Riku, I have learned that the world we now know as Scala Ad Caelum was once called Daybreak Town. If we have to dig into this Galaxy's history to find the World Ring, so be it." Riku comments, "Do you guys want Master Aqua's help? Just say the word…" As the team comes into the place Sora fist appeared on his first visit to this world, Bentley tells the team, "Guys, it's going to be a bit of a rough landing if we try with the city as locked down as it is. Ratchet, do you think you could help us get down there?" Gameplay modeled after the KH3 Gummi Ship missions starts, fighting off Bowser Airships. "Nice shooting!" "Slowly, slowly…." The Phonix lands on Scala Ad Caelum, and the Soul Princes get ready to go to the massive tower in front of them. "I hope that tower has an elevator…"
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"The elevator has been out of commission for what looks like a long, long time. I might be able to get this dinosaur of a control system working with enough time, though, if you can keep Bowser's forces off my back." " "In that case…""Let's-A-Go!"
Gameplay of fighting off Koopas and related enemies. If too many get close to Bentley, the connection is dropped until the enemy group is eliminated. "And that should do it! Elevator functional!" Now let's see here.. Garden, no, bank, definitely not, Adamantite Vault? Guess we're coming back here during future chapters…" Sora and Sly look at him confused. "Ah, here we are, Library."
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Sora walks into the library and immediately sees Ventus going through some books. "Sorry about the wait, Ven. This place is huge…" "Isn't that the truth. I had to find the classroom where Xehanort was taught about the Keyblade. It was more difficult than you think." "Let me guess… it's walled off." "That's correct. I was going through the library as you got here. Or at least the parts I could on my own… which wasn't much. There's actually a point in time this library has nothing on. The period of time between the First Keyblade War in the age of fairy tales, which I was alive for, and Xehanort's fall to darkness. I've nicknamed it "the unwritten era." I have found lots on the Willful Darknesses, though." Penelope comments, "Sounds like a good place to start…"
Cutscene similar to the Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door opening on Switch plays. It's revealed to the Soul Princes that the Master of Masters sent his apprentice Luxu on a journey to take what would eventually become Xehanort's Keyblade through time so the Master could record the events of the future in the Book of Prophecies.
Sora notices, "And here's something on a… black box that Luxu was told to safeguard? I remember when I was in the Caribbean just before the Second Keyblade War. The Organization was going nuts trying to find that thing. The World Ring has to be inside it." Bentley comments, "Do you think this book has anything on where it last was located?" "Let's keep reading."
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Sora says, "And nothing. Are you sure the location is in here, Bentley?" "Positive. If it's not, I would be genuinely surprised." Sly comments, "Look at the pictures!" "It's the Crossroads at the Keyblade Graveyard. I never noticed, but…" "The middle of the Crossroads are shaped like an X! Ready to get over there and start digging?" Riku mumbles, "Note to self. Stop overthinking things regarding the Keyblade War."
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Sora asks as Bentley is digging for the Black Box, "So, while we wait, who's up for storytime?" Sly and the other Soul Princes get a smile on their faces. "I thought so. My last trip to the Galaxy of Hearts' Sleeping Worlds was… well, it started out great and ended almost in disaster. It all started when we took the Mark of Keyblade Mastery exam to prepare for the upcoming Second Keyblade War…"
A Sora and Riku-narrated cutscene recapping the events of Dream Drop Distance plays, and in the middle of it, Bentley breaks the 4th wall to say that he's found something…
Sly asks, "Murray, do you think you could help us with this lid?" He nods and takes position in front of the Black Box. Sora comments, "There were so many theories about what was in this thing. Turns out it was something that we wouldn't understand until my next adventure brought the 7 of us together…" He looks over at the Soul Princes, smiling.
"The Murray has not been defeated by a tiny lid!" "And he's in. Time to grab the World Ring and get the heck out of here!" The group does just that, as they head for a Save Point.
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