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strikeraid) wrote2014-01-01 04:25 pm
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ECHO MASTERPOST
I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS FUCKING NECESSARY. All of Skyler's echoes in chronological order so it doesn't make his info post stretch into hell. Jesus.
2012
- AUGUST 15, 2012: Memory of waking up to Kairi's face on Destiny Island before his first adventure started.
2013
- JULY 31, 2013: Quick, half-second to second long flashes of images of various Heartless that have fearsome jaws. No context. In order: Grand Ghost, Search Ghost, Trick Ghost, Hot Rod, Prison Keeper, Darkball, Shadow Stalker, Dark Thorn, and Infernal Engine. The Infernal Engine is VERY fuzzy and indistinct, as though the memory doesn't quite want to come back.
- AUGUST 01, 2013: A memory of seeing a castle projected onto a brown tarp. It seems familiar...
- AUGUST 02, 2013: A memory of some jackass tossing him a paopu fruit, along with him hearing himself say the words, "A paopu fruit?"
- AUGUST 15, 2013: A memory of himself in a cave, scratching a picture into the wall with a rock. He's adding a hand with a paopu fruit extended towards a certain girl...
- AUGUST 15, 2013: The impression that he's seen this guy in a dark town with bright lights. No names, no sense of location, just an impression.
- AUGUST 15, 2013: A haunting feeling that a person named Kairi is very important to him. This feeling can fade a lot, but it won't go away. He associates the feeling to the girl he saw in his first echo, and to the Kairi that was in STE at the beginning of the game, and any Kairis we get in the future, but will not associate that to anyone else named Kairi (such as Kotetsu's daughter.)
- AUGUST 15, 2013: A shot of the mainland Destiny Island as seen from the treehouse of the play island!
- AUGUST 15, 2013: The feeling he's heard someone say the phrase "filling me with memories" right before that person turned into another person.
- AUGUST 15, 2013: The impression that he said or someone like him said that he belongs to himself before getting fused with another person. Who is also himself. It's kind of a complicated emotion.
- AUGUST 19, 2013: The following dialogue, along with the memory of his hand being held in front of him. The other's person extends their hand with a countdown on it.
- AUGUST 26, 2013: A memory of Kairi and him in the Secret Place from the first game. She turns around and flies straight for him, and from his perspective, it will appear as though Kairi flew through him.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2013: A memory of some conversations from Castle Oblivion about the loss of identity. These memories are very damaged and are impossible to access without experiencing physical pain. details here
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2013: His hair now spikes on his own and is basically waterproof. My laughs are many and deeply rumbling.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2013: The memory of the innermost chamber of the Cave of Wonders with a bonus visual of a certain Genie!
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2013: The keychain for Follow the Wind.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2013: He gets a Meow Wow! It can't do anything but follow him and look cute. Actually, since it's a dream (a literal... dream...), it's basically intangible to everything but, uh, copious amount of pettings and scritches. It can also eat! But it can't go through walls or anything. Any time it tries to attack someone, it'll just pass right through. No attacks, no powers. Just weird doge. Dreams can be selective like that.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2013: Depowered version of the spell Spark. He can charge his hand with light and punch someone with it for extra oomph, or use it as a nightlight.
- OCTOBER 01, 2013: A memory of being on a bright, stained glass platform. He sees his shadow rise from the ground! Also there's a disembodied voice telling him to not be afraid but FUUUCK THAT. He runs away from it, but the edge of the platform drops off sharply. He turns around... and sees this fucker. full scene here!
- OCTOBER 02, 2013: He remembers that silver haired douchebag from one of his echoes wearing a VERY EVIL BODYSUIT turning an entire area dark and phasing in and out of the walls, flying STRAIGHT AT HIM. NO ONE LIKES DARK AURA. (also what is that thing he is holding WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT A GIANT KEY)
- NOVEMBER 30, 2013: Two sheets of paper from what would have been a very small journal. The first sheet reads "Thank Naminé". The second reads "Their hurting will be mended when you return to end it."
- NOVEMBER 30, 2013: He's seen Xemnas in zebra-disco form now ;D
- NOVEMBER 30, 2013: The keychain for Fairy Harp.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2013: He remembers a bit about Tinkerbell the fairy.
- DECEMBER 02, 2013: The rest of this scene!
- DECEMBER 02, 2013: The concept that yes, an entire world CAN be limited to the realms of that city, and that the dark city he vaguely remembers is one of them! Also, the name of the city, Traverse Town, and the idea that these worlds are what are seen as stars in the sky in Sora's universe.
- DECEMBER 02, 2013: From here to when Joshua puts his hand on the team break. He does not know who Shiki or Joshua are. (Interestingly enough, this is the first time he's heard the name Sora.)
- DECEMBER 02, 2013: The feeling he's gone right through someone before. Since it's technically Roxas' memory, the memory is extremely suppressed and impossible to get back entirely, but the memory itself is VERY painful and will give him an emotional feedback like it would with Sora, whether he likes it or not.
- DECEMBER 02, 2013: The memory of this fight! He knows that that's Cerberus, but he doesn't know what's up with the dog or the duck or the guy in red.
- DECEMBER 08, 2013: His eyes are now blue. Like, really blue.
- DECEMBER 08, 2013: He now has his black KHII outfit. It does not come with his drive forms. (Yet.)
- DECEMBER 08, 2013: Full memory of the 1000 Heartless battle. (He still doesn't know what a Heartless is, rofl.)
- DECEMBER 08, 2013: A random soundbite of himself saying, "I'm Sora! And these are my friends Donald and Goofy."
- DECEMBER 11, 2013: Skyler now knows the entirety of "Under the Sea", and can remember performing it with Ariel, Flounder, and Sebastian. All he knows is that Ariel is a redheaded mermaid princess who is friends with Flounder and Sebastian.
- DECEMBER 11, 2013: The feeling that he's seen and interacted with talking animals. He connects the names Donald and Goofy to the duck and dog he's seen, and he knows he's seen more... Also, the feeling he's been a talking animal.
- DECEMBER 14, 2013: Memory of this entire scene OuO
- DECEMBER 18, 2013: The sense he's heard the phrase, "Are you sure you trust Riku?"
- DECEMBER 18, 2013: The fact that Cenabell actually a Dreameater! Nightmares are different things entirely. Also the fact that Cenabell's species is called Meow Wow.
- DECEMBER 18, 2013: Cenabell has the ability to cast Cure! Cure can heal superficial cuts, bruises, general stress related injuries (such as lightly twisted joints), and not much more than that.
- DECEMBER 18, 2013: Skyler has the ability to cast Cure! Let's see how long it takes for him to figure that out.
- DECEMBER 22, 2013: A memory of Halloween Town! Specifically, the memory that all of the inhabitants are dead, including the leader of the populace, and they lead perfectly ordinary, if spooky lives. He gets vague feelings that he knew a Pumpkin King, his dog, and his Frankenstein's Monster girlfriend, but that's about it.
- DECEMBER 23, 2013: See that stupid frucking frowny t-shirt? Skyler gets that t-shirt. Amazing
- DECEMBER 25, 2013: From here to 4:04. TOTAL SAP
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: Memory of fighting another small teenage girl - the great ninja Yuffie, to be precise! (Although he won't remember her name) He also remembers another person being there at the fight, and the way the arena looks - the interior of the Olympus Coliseum, to be exact - but mostly, his attention will be on fighting and beating her before turning to fight his next opponent... He also gets the feeling that this is a tournament, not to the death!
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: He gets the Fire spell! (For reference, I like to think that Fire could completely burn up a barstool, and Fira could engulf a dinner table. Firaga could catch the entire living room on fire in one go!)
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: He gets the name of the Fire spell! Which is Fire, naturally.
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: A more heightened ability to Guard when he's got a weapon - instead of moving like a self-taught amateur to guard, he now moves to block attacks like a pro. He still can't exactly see moves coming in from behind, but it's better than flailing around trying to hope he'll just happen to defend himself.
- DECEMBER 27, 2013:The notion that he's faced a fire bombardment before... Again, since this is technically not his memory, it will stay a vague feeling!
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: DANCE WATER DANCE. Basically just the fight, no context - no names, nothing!
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: Berserk! An ability that boosts his attack when his overall condition is generally low. It only triggers for a brief amount of time, then fades out, instead of lasting through the time he's on his last legs.
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: Second Chance! He can take a single fatal blow and not faint/die!
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: Leaf Bracer! He is invincible while casting Cure!
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: Dodge Roll! A short, quick roll that is somehow faster than running if spammed. He is not invincible while executing this move.yet
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: Aerial Recovery! If he's got his wits around him, he can right himself land on his feet after being knocked into the air!
- DECEMBER 28, 2013: Battle information on the Assassin Nobody, but not necessarily exactly what it is.
- DECEMBER 28, 2013: The exposition dump right before the fight he had echoed back the day before. Of note: Nobodies, the Organization, and some Demyx characterization!
- DECEMBER 28, 2013: A memory of fighting a bunch of Shadow Heartless on a small island! The sky is black with a coming storm, and Sora feels awful when this is all going down. It's almost like the world is ending...
- DECEMBER 28, 2013: From here to 2:22. The most unnerving conversation with Winnie the Pooh. Ever.
- DECEMBER 28, 2013: Up till 1:05. Of note: The guy with spiky hair bangs and black coat is Xehanort, and they've got a teacher student relationship! There's a dude named Riku who looks like no Riku Skyler's seen yet... And there's a giant mouse named Mickey? what
- DECEMBER 28, 2013: From here until 48:35. Of note: The mouse looking fucker going after the guy who was called Xehanort, IMMENSE DISAPPOINTMENT, X-E-M-N-A-S, Skyler's SECOND sight of the castle at Hollow Bastion (although he still doesn't know its name lol), Xemnas' master plan, the purpose of the keyblade, ya kidnapped KAIRI ya SHIT
- DECEMBER 29, 2013: The memory of being a heartless. :( Since the mechanics of KH run on emotions, it's as good as if Skyler's experienced being turned into a heartless himself once before. Not nice. Sora describes the feeling here.
- DECEMBER 30, 2013: This. Please try to ignore the commentary.
- DECEMBER 30, 2013: Those monsters are called HEARTLESS. oh my god six whole months
- DECEMBER 30, 2013: From here to 2:18! THERE CAN'T BE TWO KEYBLADE MASTERS HUH [canned laughter].
- DECEMBER 31, 2013: From here to 28:37! Lots of technobabble, meeting Tron, talking about Hollow Bastion and the MCP, figuring out how to get out, and Goofy telling him that the Keyblade can unlock that door!
2014
- JANUARY 04, 2014: Aero! First level defensive air spell. UuU
- JANUARY 05, 2014: High Jump! The ability to jump twice as high than his normal ability. He can even fit in a fancy backflip. This means that, plus his cybernetics, he can clear a height of a little under four times his own height, a total height of about 22 feet and a half. Jiminy Cricket.
- JANUARY 06, 2014: Reflect! A shield made of light that lasts for a few seconds and then disappears. Explodes and damages upon contact with an enemy.
- JANUARY 06, 2014: He is now aware that the black clothes that he got last year are made by fairies (whom he doesn't remember; he just remembers that they were fairies!), magical, and give him the power to transform into not one, but six forms! Unfortunately the clothes are not magical just yet. :(
- JANUARY 06, 2014: Blizzard! A first level ice spell.
- JANUARY 06, 2014: From here to 5:08. A bit of Riku characterization, who the fuck is THAT, the nature of the heart, and most importantly, there is a light in his heart that never goes out!
- JANUARY 06, 2014: The memory of a certain pirate getting knocked into some moonlight, turning slightly undead, and rolling a medallion (that Skyler actually has in his possession in keychain form) across his fingers in response. Also, the distinct impression that they were working together, but they didn't exactly get along.
- JANUARY 15, 2014: Spark is now Sparkra, and he gets the Cosmic Chain!
- JANUARY 25, 2014: Ice Titan info! Basically the boss battle, the fact that it was in the coliseum, and the fact that it is not a Heartless!
- FEBRUARY 01, 2014: A vague recollection of someone saying something along the lines of, "He looks a lot like you". This memory is very weak, more like a feeling of deja vu than anything.
- FEBRUARY 01, 2014: From here to 2:32! Right before the name reveal. As with all of his Chain of Memories echoes, this memory comes severely damaged, with only the basic parts coming across (The fact that he's forgotten someone and has been carrying something from her the entire time, Larxene is BAD BAD BAD, general mind fuckery).
- FEBRUARY 01, 2014: Bits and pieces of this bossfight, accompanied by yet another migraine. :)b Not the full bossfight, but lord dat lightning.
- FEBRUARY 01, 2014: The knowledge that there have been a lot of different versions of Sora, and one of them in particular experienced a lot of pain as he tried to reconcile his own identity with Sora's, particularly of the hallucinating Sora's memories and forgetting who you are so hard that your head hurts kind. (Yes, this is the best he'll ever remember about that one part in Days when Roxas went to Destiny Island.)
- FEBRUARY 11, 2014: Genie Jafar boss battle! With a particular focus on Iago, but the entire boss battle is there.
- FEBURARY 17, 2014: Hercules boss battle!
- FEBRUARY 17, 2014: The knowledge that he's been cured in battle with magic several times before by a very good friend. The knowledge will focus on Donald, and the fact that there was one time he did it when it was very important, but even thinking about when that might have been will give him the warning signs of one of his CoM migraines. He didn't actually get that memory back, but the scene is there for reference.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2014: An upgrade to his Glide ability to the second level - he will be able to glide smoothly and without pause, but slowly - and Air Combo Plus, the first in three upgrades to the ability. It'll manifest ingame as the ability to launch into the air and hover, giving him just enough time to strike his enemy once more than gravity/his speed would usually allow.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2014: From here to 11:05. He gets thrown off of Xemnas's platform and has to fly his way back. Of note: he FINALLY gets context for that "Are you certain you can trust Riku?" quote, Skyler will not be certain that that's that Xemnas everyone's been talking about because WHOA THAT IS A BIG ARMOR, and HOLY SHIT WE ARE LITERALLY THROWING AROUND SKYSCRAPERS LIKE IT'S NOTHING.
- MARCH 09, 2014: Superglide! He goes at his fastest speed, his angle of descent is as gradual as it will ever be, etc. Also, the requirements to summon a Keyblade. One can only summon a Keyblade if they have gone through the ceremony of inheritance - which just means that if you've touched a Keyblade before, one will become available to you if your heart is strong enough. This Echo will give him that prerequisite back. However, Skyler's current personality is not strong enough to summon a Keyblade. He may be able to summon in it small spurts, and if he's really focusing on achieving something that requires strength of character, or the power of his friends' faith and bonds with him, he may be able to summon it for longer, and may even get back to full Keyblade business as usual later if he gets enough character development (which sort of makes this a gradually occurring echo with an additional requirement), but otherwise his bond with it will be very weak. If anyone who has also gone through the ceremony/has a Keyblade tries to take it from him, they will be successful.
- MARCH 09, 2014: Up to 8:32! Xemnas' flightless dragon crashing.
- MARCH 09, 2014: The vague impression that he's familiar with a situation involving someone trying to kill their best friend, the moment where Roxas says "But we're best friends, right?" coming back the clearest. He's also aware that he was the one in danger of getting killed in the memory. Sort of. It's a weird dissociative memory again.
- MARCH 09, 2014: A short burst of memory of Joshua with a pair of wings stretching from his back. Still... no recollection of who Josh is AHAHA
- MARCH 09, 2014: The ability to grab onto ledges and pull himself up in a single leap with minimal effort.
- MARCH 09, 2014: Salvation. It's. A hell of a light spell. OuO
- MARCH 09, 2014: The knowledge that most of his enemies exploded into anime bubbles and sparkles when they died! Sometimes the bubbles refilled his MP! Sometimes they exploded... into... other... things. Like money. And health balls. And. Drive orbs, and Dream fragments, and......... it's a lot of things ok. Most importantly, though, the Heartless usually released a heart after their deaths as well.
CURRENT TOTAL: 84
2012
- AUGUST 15, 2012: Memory of waking up to Kairi's face on Destiny Island before his first adventure started.
2013
- JULY 31, 2013: Quick, half-second to second long flashes of images of various Heartless that have fearsome jaws. No context. In order: Grand Ghost, Search Ghost, Trick Ghost, Hot Rod, Prison Keeper, Darkball, Shadow Stalker, Dark Thorn, and Infernal Engine. The Infernal Engine is VERY fuzzy and indistinct, as though the memory doesn't quite want to come back.
- AUGUST 01, 2013: A memory of seeing a castle projected onto a brown tarp. It seems familiar...
- AUGUST 02, 2013: A memory of some jackass tossing him a paopu fruit, along with him hearing himself say the words, "A paopu fruit?"
- AUGUST 15, 2013: A memory of himself in a cave, scratching a picture into the wall with a rock. He's adding a hand with a paopu fruit extended towards a certain girl...
- AUGUST 15, 2013: The impression that he's seen this guy in a dark town with bright lights. No names, no sense of location, just an impression.
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- AUGUST 15, 2013: A haunting feeling that a person named Kairi is very important to him. This feeling can fade a lot, but it won't go away. He associates the feeling to the girl he saw in his first echo, and to the Kairi that was in STE at the beginning of the game, and any Kairis we get in the future, but will not associate that to anyone else named Kairi (such as Kotetsu's daughter.)
- AUGUST 15, 2013: A shot of the mainland Destiny Island as seen from the treehouse of the play island!
- AUGUST 15, 2013: The feeling he's heard someone say the phrase "filling me with memories" right before that person turned into another person.
- AUGUST 15, 2013: The impression that he said or someone like him said that he belongs to himself before getting fused with another person. Who is also himself. It's kind of a complicated emotion.
- AUGUST 19, 2013: The following dialogue, along with the memory of his hand being held in front of him. The other's person extends their hand with a countdown on it.
Neku: Looks like you're not a Player.- AUGUST 26, 2013: Partial Gliding ability. He has to already be in midair for it to take effect. Since he only has control of it for a few seconds, if he were to, say, fall off a sky scraper, he'd have to activate it again and again, or alternatively, activate it right before he hits the ground for the ability to save his life. Otherwise he'll just resume acceleration from 0. ADDITIONALLY, he must be thinking a very happy thought or of a very good memory for it to trigger.
Sora: A Player?
Neku: C'mon, keep up. In the Game.
- AUGUST 26, 2013: A memory of Kairi and him in the Secret Place from the first game. She turns around and flies straight for him, and from his perspective, it will appear as though Kairi flew through him.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2013: A memory of some conversations from Castle Oblivion about the loss of identity. These memories are very damaged and are impossible to access without experiencing physical pain. details here
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2013: His hair now spikes on his own and is basically waterproof. My laughs are many and deeply rumbling.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2013: The memory of the innermost chamber of the Cave of Wonders with a bonus visual of a certain Genie!
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2013: The keychain for Follow the Wind.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2013: He gets a Meow Wow! It can't do anything but follow him and look cute. Actually, since it's a dream (a literal... dream...), it's basically intangible to everything but, uh, copious amount of pettings and scritches. It can also eat! But it can't go through walls or anything. Any time it tries to attack someone, it'll just pass right through. No attacks, no powers. Just weird doge. Dreams can be selective like that.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2013: Depowered version of the spell Spark. He can charge his hand with light and punch someone with it for extra oomph, or use it as a nightlight.
- OCTOBER 01, 2013: A memory of being on a bright, stained glass platform. He sees his shadow rise from the ground! Also there's a disembodied voice telling him to not be afraid but FUUUCK THAT. He runs away from it, but the edge of the platform drops off sharply. He turns around... and sees this fucker. full scene here!
- OCTOBER 02, 2013: He remembers that silver haired douchebag from one of his echoes wearing a VERY EVIL BODYSUIT turning an entire area dark and phasing in and out of the walls, flying STRAIGHT AT HIM. NO ONE LIKES DARK AURA. (also what is that thing he is holding WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT A GIANT KEY)
- NOVEMBER 30, 2013: Two sheets of paper from what would have been a very small journal. The first sheet reads "Thank Naminé". The second reads "Their hurting will be mended when you return to end it."
- NOVEMBER 30, 2013: He's seen Xemnas in zebra-disco form now ;D
- NOVEMBER 30, 2013: The keychain for Fairy Harp.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2013: He remembers a bit about Tinkerbell the fairy.
- DECEMBER 02, 2013: The rest of this scene!
- DECEMBER 02, 2013: The concept that yes, an entire world CAN be limited to the realms of that city, and that the dark city he vaguely remembers is one of them! Also, the name of the city, Traverse Town, and the idea that these worlds are what are seen as stars in the sky in Sora's universe.
- DECEMBER 02, 2013: From here to when Joshua puts his hand on the team break. He does not know who Shiki or Joshua are. (Interestingly enough, this is the first time he's heard the name Sora.)
- DECEMBER 02, 2013: The feeling he's gone right through someone before. Since it's technically Roxas' memory, the memory is extremely suppressed and impossible to get back entirely, but the memory itself is VERY painful and will give him an emotional feedback like it would with Sora, whether he likes it or not.
- DECEMBER 02, 2013: The memory of this fight! He knows that that's Cerberus, but he doesn't know what's up with the dog or the duck or the guy in red.
- DECEMBER 08, 2013: His eyes are now blue. Like, really blue.
- DECEMBER 08, 2013: He now has his black KHII outfit. It does not come with his drive forms. (Yet.)
- DECEMBER 08, 2013: Full memory of the 1000 Heartless battle. (He still doesn't know what a Heartless is, rofl.)
- DECEMBER 08, 2013: A random soundbite of himself saying, "I'm Sora! And these are my friends Donald and Goofy."
- DECEMBER 11, 2013: Skyler now knows the entirety of "Under the Sea", and can remember performing it with Ariel, Flounder, and Sebastian. All he knows is that Ariel is a redheaded mermaid princess who is friends with Flounder and Sebastian.
- DECEMBER 11, 2013: The feeling that he's seen and interacted with talking animals. He connects the names Donald and Goofy to the duck and dog he's seen, and he knows he's seen more... Also, the feeling he's been a talking animal.
- DECEMBER 14, 2013: Memory of this entire scene OuO
- DECEMBER 18, 2013: The sense he's heard the phrase, "Are you sure you trust Riku?"
- DECEMBER 18, 2013: The fact that Cenabell actually a Dreameater! Nightmares are different things entirely. Also the fact that Cenabell's species is called Meow Wow.
- DECEMBER 18, 2013: Cenabell has the ability to cast Cure! Cure can heal superficial cuts, bruises, general stress related injuries (such as lightly twisted joints), and not much more than that.
- DECEMBER 18, 2013: Skyler has the ability to cast Cure! Let's see how long it takes for him to figure that out.
- DECEMBER 22, 2013: A memory of Halloween Town! Specifically, the memory that all of the inhabitants are dead, including the leader of the populace, and they lead perfectly ordinary, if spooky lives. He gets vague feelings that he knew a Pumpkin King, his dog, and his Frankenstein's Monster girlfriend, but that's about it.
- DECEMBER 23, 2013: See that stupid frucking frowny t-shirt? Skyler gets that t-shirt. Amazing
- DECEMBER 25, 2013: From here to 4:04. TOTAL SAP
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: Memory of fighting another small teenage girl - the great ninja Yuffie, to be precise! (Although he won't remember her name) He also remembers another person being there at the fight, and the way the arena looks - the interior of the Olympus Coliseum, to be exact - but mostly, his attention will be on fighting and beating her before turning to fight his next opponent... He also gets the feeling that this is a tournament, not to the death!
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: He gets the Fire spell! (For reference, I like to think that Fire could completely burn up a barstool, and Fira could engulf a dinner table. Firaga could catch the entire living room on fire in one go!)
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: He gets the name of the Fire spell! Which is Fire, naturally.
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: A more heightened ability to Guard when he's got a weapon - instead of moving like a self-taught amateur to guard, he now moves to block attacks like a pro. He still can't exactly see moves coming in from behind, but it's better than flailing around trying to hope he'll just happen to defend himself.
- DECEMBER 27, 2013:The notion that he's faced a fire bombardment before... Again, since this is technically not his memory, it will stay a vague feeling!
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: DANCE WATER DANCE. Basically just the fight, no context - no names, nothing!
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: Berserk! An ability that boosts his attack when his overall condition is generally low. It only triggers for a brief amount of time, then fades out, instead of lasting through the time he's on his last legs.
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: Second Chance! He can take a single fatal blow and not faint/die!
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: Leaf Bracer! He is invincible while casting Cure!
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: Dodge Roll! A short, quick roll that is somehow faster than running if spammed. He is not invincible while executing this move.
- DECEMBER 27, 2013: Aerial Recovery! If he's got his wits around him, he can right himself land on his feet after being knocked into the air!
- DECEMBER 28, 2013: Battle information on the Assassin Nobody, but not necessarily exactly what it is.
- DECEMBER 28, 2013: The exposition dump right before the fight he had echoed back the day before. Of note: Nobodies, the Organization, and some Demyx characterization!
- DECEMBER 28, 2013: A memory of fighting a bunch of Shadow Heartless on a small island! The sky is black with a coming storm, and Sora feels awful when this is all going down. It's almost like the world is ending...
- DECEMBER 28, 2013: From here to 2:22. The most unnerving conversation with Winnie the Pooh. Ever.
- DECEMBER 28, 2013: Up till 1:05. Of note: The guy with spiky hair bangs and black coat is Xehanort, and they've got a teacher student relationship! There's a dude named Riku who looks like no Riku Skyler's seen yet... And there's a giant mouse named Mickey? what
- DECEMBER 28, 2013: From here until 48:35. Of note: The mouse looking fucker going after the guy who was called Xehanort, IMMENSE DISAPPOINTMENT, X-E-M-N-A-S, Skyler's SECOND sight of the castle at Hollow Bastion (although he still doesn't know its name lol), Xemnas' master plan, the purpose of the keyblade, ya kidnapped KAIRI ya SHIT
- DECEMBER 29, 2013: The memory of being a heartless. :( Since the mechanics of KH run on emotions, it's as good as if Skyler's experienced being turned into a heartless himself once before. Not nice. Sora describes the feeling here.
- DECEMBER 30, 2013: This. Please try to ignore the commentary.
- DECEMBER 30, 2013: Those monsters are called HEARTLESS. oh my god six whole months
- DECEMBER 30, 2013: From here to 2:18! THERE CAN'T BE TWO KEYBLADE MASTERS HUH [canned laughter].
- DECEMBER 31, 2013: From here to 28:37! Lots of technobabble, meeting Tron, talking about Hollow Bastion and the MCP, figuring out how to get out, and Goofy telling him that the Keyblade can unlock that door!
2014
- JANUARY 04, 2014: Aero! First level defensive air spell. UuU
- JANUARY 05, 2014: High Jump! The ability to jump twice as high than his normal ability. He can even fit in a fancy backflip. This means that, plus his cybernetics, he can clear a height of a little under four times his own height, a total height of about 22 feet and a half. Jiminy Cricket.
- JANUARY 06, 2014: Reflect! A shield made of light that lasts for a few seconds and then disappears. Explodes and damages upon contact with an enemy.
- JANUARY 06, 2014: He is now aware that the black clothes that he got last year are made by fairies (whom he doesn't remember; he just remembers that they were fairies!), magical, and give him the power to transform into not one, but six forms! Unfortunately the clothes are not magical just yet. :(
- JANUARY 06, 2014: Blizzard! A first level ice spell.
- JANUARY 06, 2014: From here to 5:08. A bit of Riku characterization, who the fuck is THAT, the nature of the heart, and most importantly, there is a light in his heart that never goes out!
- JANUARY 06, 2014: The memory of a certain pirate getting knocked into some moonlight, turning slightly undead, and rolling a medallion (that Skyler actually has in his possession in keychain form) across his fingers in response. Also, the distinct impression that they were working together, but they didn't exactly get along.
- JANUARY 15, 2014: Spark is now Sparkra, and he gets the Cosmic Chain!
- JANUARY 25, 2014: Ice Titan info! Basically the boss battle, the fact that it was in the coliseum, and the fact that it is not a Heartless!
- FEBRUARY 01, 2014: A vague recollection of someone saying something along the lines of, "He looks a lot like you". This memory is very weak, more like a feeling of deja vu than anything.
- FEBRUARY 01, 2014: From here to 2:32! Right before the name reveal. As with all of his Chain of Memories echoes, this memory comes severely damaged, with only the basic parts coming across (The fact that he's forgotten someone and has been carrying something from her the entire time, Larxene is BAD BAD BAD, general mind fuckery).
- FEBRUARY 01, 2014: Bits and pieces of this bossfight, accompanied by yet another migraine. :)b Not the full bossfight, but lord dat lightning.
- FEBRUARY 01, 2014: The knowledge that there have been a lot of different versions of Sora, and one of them in particular experienced a lot of pain as he tried to reconcile his own identity with Sora's, particularly of the hallucinating Sora's memories and forgetting who you are so hard that your head hurts kind. (Yes, this is the best he'll ever remember about that one part in Days when Roxas went to Destiny Island.)
- FEBRUARY 11, 2014: Genie Jafar boss battle! With a particular focus on Iago, but the entire boss battle is there.
- FEBURARY 17, 2014: Hercules boss battle!
- FEBRUARY 17, 2014: The knowledge that he's been cured in battle with magic several times before by a very good friend. The knowledge will focus on Donald, and the fact that there was one time he did it when it was very important, but even thinking about when that might have been will give him the warning signs of one of his CoM migraines. He didn't actually get that memory back, but the scene is there for reference.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2014: An upgrade to his Glide ability to the second level - he will be able to glide smoothly and without pause, but slowly - and Air Combo Plus, the first in three upgrades to the ability. It'll manifest ingame as the ability to launch into the air and hover, giving him just enough time to strike his enemy once more than gravity/his speed would usually allow.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2014: From here to 11:05. He gets thrown off of Xemnas's platform and has to fly his way back. Of note: he FINALLY gets context for that "Are you certain you can trust Riku?" quote, Skyler will not be certain that that's that Xemnas everyone's been talking about because WHOA THAT IS A BIG ARMOR, and HOLY SHIT WE ARE LITERALLY THROWING AROUND SKYSCRAPERS LIKE IT'S NOTHING.
- MARCH 09, 2014: Superglide! He goes at his fastest speed, his angle of descent is as gradual as it will ever be, etc. Also, the requirements to summon a Keyblade. One can only summon a Keyblade if they have gone through the ceremony of inheritance - which just means that if you've touched a Keyblade before, one will become available to you if your heart is strong enough. This Echo will give him that prerequisite back. However, Skyler's current personality is not strong enough to summon a Keyblade. He may be able to summon in it small spurts, and if he's really focusing on achieving something that requires strength of character, or the power of his friends' faith and bonds with him, he may be able to summon it for longer, and may even get back to full Keyblade business as usual later if he gets enough character development (which sort of makes this a gradually occurring echo with an additional requirement), but otherwise his bond with it will be very weak. If anyone who has also gone through the ceremony/has a Keyblade tries to take it from him, they will be successful.
- MARCH 09, 2014: Up to 8:32! Xemnas' flightless dragon crashing.
- MARCH 09, 2014: The vague impression that he's familiar with a situation involving someone trying to kill their best friend, the moment where Roxas says "But we're best friends, right?" coming back the clearest. He's also aware that he was the one in danger of getting killed in the memory. Sort of. It's a weird dissociative memory again.
- MARCH 09, 2014: A short burst of memory of Joshua with a pair of wings stretching from his back. Still... no recollection of who Josh is AHAHA
- MARCH 09, 2014: The ability to grab onto ledges and pull himself up in a single leap with minimal effort.
- MARCH 09, 2014: Salvation. It's. A hell of a light spell. OuO
- MARCH 09, 2014: The knowledge that most of his enemies exploded into anime bubbles and sparkles when they died! Sometimes the bubbles refilled his MP! Sometimes they exploded... into... other... things. Like money. And health balls. And. Drive orbs, and Dream fragments, and......... it's a lot of things ok. Most importantly, though, the Heartless usually released a heart after their deaths as well.
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