What Did You Do To Yen Sid?

What did you do to Yen Sid?

“Hello Yen Sid” The Sorcerer tensed at the voice of his uninvited guest who had silently appeared behind him and threw himself out of his chair spinning around with a Meteor spell readied. The cloaked intruder rushed inside his guard, Yen Sid’s readied spell dissolved into embers as the intruder brutally knocked the air out of his lungs with a single powerful punch. Yen Sid folded over himself quietly with a stuttering gasp. “Yeah... we’re not doing this.” Spoke the intruder supporting the downed Sorcerer upright and binding his arms behind his back with a spell. “So you have come, Sora” The intruder snorted letting his hood fall down, revealing familiar brown though much longer hair and a single blue slit eye “As if you didn't see this coming” drawled the Master of Masters pulling the captive Sorcerer over to the chest on the other side of the room and activating the hidden way to the old well beneath the tower. “Anyway, you and I are going to have a long-overdue chat” Holding his captive so he wouldn't trip down the stairs The Master of Masters and his captive descended arriving at the bottom of the tower swiftly. “You gave yourself away letting me read that book you know, most of it was completely useless and misleading to boot... but the interlude? Whoa!” The Master of Masters exclaimed with an exaggerated barking laugh prodding the bound Sorceror forward “How did it go again?” The Master of Masters rubbed his chin thoughtfully clearing his throat and reciting something from memory.

“A long dream. A sad farewell, hanging in the air in that ‘world between’. What is reality? What is illusion? The path chosen by the young boy leads to his memories. When caught in the stream of the days and nights going past, gaze anew at your steps… for there all confusion will end.”

The Master of Masters tone shifted from monotone recitation to serious “You were testing me and I think you found what you were looking for” Yen Sid looked away disturbed by the intensity of Sora, The Master of Masters gaze. “You knew who I was going to become from the very beginning and you did nothing to stop it.” There was a strained silence filled only with the sound of nearby rippling water. “Are you going to kill me?” asked Yen Sid unruffled and so clearly unrepentant. It made the Master of Masters want to deck the old sorcerer again, but with an iron will of restraint born of being the most manipulative living being currently in existence the Master of Masters settled for rolling his eye “Oh I'm tempted, really tempted, probably wouldn't even leave a stain on my light either, unfortunately, if you're dead you can't be called out. So you’re just going to suffer instead” At a finger snap light swirled into being behind Yen Sid who breathed a startled exclamation as he realized exactly what the Master of Masters had wrought, The Master of Masters grinned “I’m not the only one you have wronged, so I’m going to leave you with a simple truth it seems you've forgotten” The Master of Masters pulled Yen Sid closely so he could hear what he was going to say. “Heap your scorn upon an innocent child, tell yourself that it means nothing, but beware, eventually that scorn comes due forcing even the righteous of causes to lose meaning.” The Master of Masters abruptly undid the binding spell without warning and pushed Yen Sid backwards into the swirling portal, The Master of Masters grinned ominously a single eye sparkling in delight as the sorcerer vanished into the light. “Say hello to Oswald for me“

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Master Report – Strange Artefacts Recently I made a strange purchase, a most peculiar mirror full of strange magical energy. I was most shocked to discover the mirror played host to a portal leading straight into the basement of Yen Sid’s tower. It was there I encountered something that I am unafraid to admit left me shaken and at the same time enraged with the old sorcerer. An artificial world full of former Nobodies, His notes claimed it a sanctuary for the forgotten but the land within is a wasteland. A wasteland he himself has been content to leave forgotten. An unforgivable act when you realize that the people trapped within have long regained their hearts but are left trapped here in a broken world, any attempt I make to fix the place is undone by the world itself in moments. I don’t know how to fix this but there is someone I do know who might be able to, the same person who created this prison, Yen Sid. To say the residents eagerly want to have a few harsh words with their self-appointed warden is a vast understatement.

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So the events and general plot and lore of Epic Mickey are a lot different here, The divergent point? Mickey was so spooked he sold the Mirror after the first time he went through it, The events of Epic Mickey are happening now decades later than they should have. Yen Sid honestly forgot about the wasteland and now they hold him prisoner with Mickey, Riku, Kairi, Sora and Axel on a rescue mission. No one knows Mickey was the one who ruined the world by accident in the first place. Also, toon lifespans are weird but let's just ignore that for now.

Do you regret setting Xehanort on his path at all?

MoM!Sora reasons that he didn't really have a choice, so at this point in time he didn't regret anything. After the gummiphone showed him that fate and destiny are more malleable though? He’s a lot less sure of himself now. Poor Sora is doing a lot of self-reflection lately. Note the 75 years ago bit in the tags because clearly, Ienzo hasn't which throws his ‘100 years since MoM!Sora posted anything’ estimate a bit off...

Also who likes this (probably not canon but plausible if you squint) headcanon of mine to explain the loyalty and unquestionable obedience towards the Master of Masters?

How is it to be the reason for the Keyblade graveyard to exist?

Master Reports Extract

The Master of Masters pulled his cloak closer with a shiver, the sound of the fighting had faded as the war slowly but surely came to an end, trails of Lux and hearts ascended to the shining heart-shaped moon in the sky. The X-Blade shivered in his grip but did not desert him having chosen its master long ago, on the other side of the graveyard too far away to see his old master, Luxu stood passively watching as his sibling tore each other and their unions to pieces. Making sure he was out of sight of his own gazing eye the Master of Masters forced himself to watch the carnage from beginning to end as to do anything else would be a disservice to them. Regardless, the Master of Masters trembled in place as the many union members (children) fell in a battle for something they did not understand. The Master of Masters staggered in place as he felt the first of his hearts connections with his students (Invi) abruptly snap, he remained rooted in place silent tears falling in grief as Aced followed then Ira then Gula and at last Ava. The Master of Masters sank to the ground wrapping his arms around his legs, fingernails drawing blood from his too-tight grip as he leaned against a boulder silently gasping and shaking as sadness and grief sank into his bones, blankly the Master of Masters stared up at the sky as Kingdom Hearts formed for the first time in the heavens above.

He.. really hated that moon.

MoM!Sora feels quite terrible about the whole thing. Sora also reacted badly to the revelation on Kingstagram, he went right past panic and straight into shock.

The last post is completely blurry?

I think that might be a problem on your end it looks fine on my end. It happens.

Where can we find the Master Reports fic?

The Master of Masters blinked at the clear desk then went to find Chirithy. The Master of Master poked his head around the door spotting the Dream Eater in question “Uh? Chirithy? Where did the papers on my desk go?” Chirithy didn't turn as it continued energetically dusting the bookshelves and spoke in a non-committal tone “You said to take all the loose papers out to the trash” The Master of Masters felt a chill of alarm shoot up his spine from his toes and took a calming breath speaking as calmly as possible “Chirithy, I was rebinding my journal, it was not trash, I can say with great certainty that it was the very opposite of trash” Chirithy paused and looked up from its dusting to his master who wore a remarkably fixed expression on his face “...Oh...” “Where did you put it?” asked the Master of Masters calmly. The Chirithy squirmed in place and didn't answer as the Master of Masters expression became more and more wooden “You've been cutting corners again haven't you?” “M-maybe” the Chirithy coughed unconvincingly frantically wondering what the weather was like on the other end of the universe at this time of year. The Master of Masters took a deep steadying breath and asked again. “Chirithy, what did you do to my master report?” It was peaceful and quiet outside the Daybreak Town Clocktower beneath the calm waves of Scala ad Caelum, right up until it wasn't. “WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DUMPED IT ALL IN THE LANES BETWEEN?!”

Well Done Chirithy for initiating a tedious fetch quest and inadvertently proving Sora wrong by mistakenly scattering The Master Reports to the farther corners of the universe.

So I was originally going to post the master reports all in one place on ff.net or archiveofourown but realized that I'm really bad at writing long fanfictions and it wouldn't really be practical seeing as every Ask here actually contributes to the story and Melody of Memory has yet to be released which might (probably) disprove a lot of the stuff here. My original plan was to create Ansem Report style observations written by the Master of Masters, a Kingstagram entry and a small blurb of plot per chapter but instead, I've decided to keep it all in one place, right here. I might reblog some old posts with new stories and Master Reports attached.

I’m going to say that most of the non-conflicting Square Enix and Disney media exist in this Kingdom Hearts universe right here and now, so if someone asks about a character from any of those franchise’s they’ll probably appear at some point if I get a good enough screenshot or pose-able models and can think of a good enough excuse to include them. (Spoiler: I have plans for Final Fantasy X and Atlantis the Lost Empire in the works)

Don't be afraid to ask anything (Seriously anything, did you see the sandwich ask? It’s awesome) about other characters, MoM!Sora may be the star of this show but everyone else has plenty to say.

Have you ever considered that your going back in time was part of some larger entity's plan for the universe?

Master Report – Knowing Tags

Upon closer examination of my journal it appears this strange temporal event has erased some of my memories notably those who have already passed from this life to the next. Upon explaining this to Kupek, a Moogle who like myself was sensitive to temporal magic and also sensed something was wrong, I was enlightened to a disturbing but necessary trend, that of the Knowing Tag, With this strange memory geas cast upon the entire population of the Realm of Light these Tags have become literally only way to identify the dead. This temporal abnormality has erased my memories of people I myself knew who died, interfering in memories I have held sacred and built much of my sense of self upon. If I did not have photos of them in my gummiphone I would not know their faces furthermore this effect dis-allows the feelings of grief. Already there are groups in various settlements working together to reverse the memory effect though without knowing the source I suspect such efforts are an exercise in futility. Kupek tried to sell a Knowing Tag to me and though I know that there is little need for myself to wear it as every time the temporal loop restarts I wake up back at the beginning of the loop, I bought one solely to ease Kupek’s concerns. It seems even money motivated Moggles dislike the concept of forgetting the dead with the same intensity as anyone else, or maybe they don’t want to be forgotten either.

Nope, MoM!Sora brought this entirely on himself. As you can see here he has become subject to the Agito Timeloop but retains his memories in their entirety through each loop. So he personally has had a lot longer than just 200 years to become the legendary Master of Masters(and accumulate more trauma).

MoM!Sora was a wild card that the resident gods and goddesses of the Realm of Light occasionally prodded into situations for their own amusement, The future breaking of the entire Realm of Light was known solely to MoM!Sora who very smartly kept his mouth shut otherwise Bhunivelze and the rest of the pantheon would have banded together to stop him before it was too late for them.

To clarify the Final Fantasy characters that appear in Kingdom Hearts are pseudo-reincarnations sent into the future and reborn in Radiant Garden by thankful patron gods and powerful friends on the day the Realm of Light shattered, none of them remember their first life any similarities are coincidental or stubborn heart memories.

Just to confirm some stuff for the future of this AU, Final Fantasy: Spirits Within, Type-0, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 are canonical and mostly happened in the Age of Fairytales. There might be a bit of paradox and handwaving involved here and there because I'm still reading and watching the lore for these games, so please point it out if it bothers you, I’ll also happily accept suggestions and revisions.