Kingdom Hearts: New Key

Engaging Accommodations

We end up in Tobleman's room instantly. It was like stepping through thin air and just being in a completely different world. It was crazy. But it isn't the craziest thing to happen today, so.

As we step on the carpet and make sure the door is locked, Mr. Tobleman tells us he'll be back. He walks over to a closet and starts to dig through his belongings. We hear clanks and clangs and even hear a voice at one point. It speaks in a language we don't understand and it passes by quick. I'm not sure if we can even discern if it's male or female.

Eventually he stops rummaging and comes out with three star shaped charms. Each is colored different: red, green, and blue. They resemble bloomed flowers.

"These are your keys to get into the house I've set up for you. Don't lose them. Ever. It'd be pretty bad for it to get into the wrong hands. Each one is specialized for a certain individual. Green represents wind. Blue represents ice. Red represents fire. I'm sure you three are smart enough to figure who's is who's," Tobleman explains.

I was right before. We do have specialized elements. He places them on the table and tells us to grab our Key Charms. I grab the red charm and Loser Boy grabs his. Cheerleader Girl is the last to grab hers. She seems hesitant... Skeptical even. I decide not to open up that can of worms and keep my mouth shut.

"Alright, now to get to the house, you simply place your charm on the keychain that hangs at the end of your keyblade," Tobleman informs us.

We all look at each other and place our Key Charms on our chains simultaneously. I hear a huge gleam and then a bright light shines in my eyes. I feel like my eyes might disintegrate away. I go tone deaf for the splittest of seconds and then the silence grows even hollower. It breaks as I hear thumps of bodies hitting wood and groans of pain.

I peer around, eyes struggling to focus through the darkness and slowly stand to my feet. I flick a little lick of a flame on in the palm of my hand and hold it up, taking in my surroundings. Loser Boy is feeling the floor for his glasses while Cheerleader Girl is taking a second to reorient herself and regather her balance.

"Well I'd love a house with some light if you can hear me, Tobleman!" I shout into the emptiness.

"I don't think he's around to, urgghh, hear us yet," Cheerleader Girl groans to me.

"I think it makes sense to just find the light ourselves and explore before he shows up. I don't think he wants us to rely on him so much," Loser Boy says, still straining to find his glasses.

"Here, your glasses were by you to the right the entire time," she says to Loser Boy, holding out his glasses and getting up.

"Thanks, I appreciate it," he beams. It's not hard to see that he obviously has some sort of thing for her. Like it'll happen.

"Well let's just get to searching then. Splitting up will cover more ground. I'll head to the left and you two can go straight and right, respectively," I say. I don't acknowledge the fact that I'm the only one with some form of light and I honestly don't care until...

"Well how are we supposed to search? We don't have light besides your flames," Loser Boy, as expected, points out. I think he's just more scared to go off alone.

"Fine," I sigh, "We'll stick together. Just don't become a drag," I start to walk straight.

They both look at me with faces of confusion. They both hesitate and then follow suit behind me.

"You don't have to be so rude, y'know. Things aren't necessarily going well for us either," Cheerleader Girl nags.

I ignore her and keep advancing. Eventually, about 20 steps in, we reach a mysterious wall. It's split into 3 sections vertically, each with a symbol and a carving, shaped just like our Key Charms. The first symbol is a little flame, second is a snowflake, and the third is a miniature tornado.

"I'm assuming we know what to do from here. This is pretty obvious," I declare.

I place my Key Charm on the carving under the flame symbol and the section glows red. It then dissipates, like it evaporated, and reveals a room that blows me away. Lava encompasses the entire room, steam whiffing out of the entrance in clouds. From the entrance, I can see something like a millionaire's living room pad. My room looks to be like a deluxe apartment.

I hang back and wait for the others to open their doors and see if theirs look similar.

Cheerleader Girl is up to bat first, placing her Charm delicately on the carving. Her section freezes blue and crumbles at her feet. The entire room is made out of ice. Plasma screen TVs (that's right, TVs, as in plural) hang from the ceiling and the couch perfectly sculpted of ice. The floor looks something like an ice hockey rink and the air flosts around slowly.

We both wait for Loser Boy to open his door and he shakily puts his Charm in its carving. His section immediately disintegrates and is taken away by the wind. All the particles flow with the breeze and his room falls together in a cyclone. The whip of the wind is heard violently as chairs, tables and even laptop carts hover gently above the floor. Speaking of which, the floor is nonexistent. It's literally nothing but air.

We all look at each other and step in simultaneously. Our doors all close, coming together the same way it fell apart. As I step into my room, my body feels immediately comfortable. I step on the lava and my shoes don't burn. In fact, it doesn't even singe. I don't hear the smell of anything burning, even though steam engulfs the room. That brings me to the point of the fact that I can see perfectly clear through the steam as well. It's as if the room was made specifically for me. I look around. The walls glow red and black, reminiscent of the lava that is the ground. There's a lava sofa sitting in the middle of my huge living room. The TV sits, coated in lava as well, on a magma table in front of said sofa. The kitchen has a counter reminiscent of a bar and is fully equipped with dishes seen in professional kitchens. It has a professional grade fridge, freezer, and oven/stove. Amazingly as I near the fridge and freezer to open them, the heat felt in the room doesn't waver, even as I open them up to see them fully stocked with ice cream, milk, cheese, frozen meats, and other sorts of food. They don't spoil or heat... Even though the heat is volcanic. I walk out of the kitchen and head to the hallway, which has three rooms, 2 to the right, one to the left. I open a door on the right and it's a fully stocked gym. Weights, punching bags, speed bags, treadmills, bike machines, and even ropes are just the tip of the iceberg. I open the second door and see a bathroom, neatly cleaned and organized with a walk in shower and tub, a sink big enough to bathe a baby in, and a toilet made for a king. A pretty heat resistant king. Everything still is lava colored. As I go to open the last door, I wonder a question answered as soon as I step in. My bedroom. A bed that encompasses a third of the room and a closet full of workout attire and casual wear. They even have my favorite colors on all: red and black. Lines of sneakers made for track and working out are under the endless sea of outfits. To top it off, there's a PS4 and TV with speakers connected to it. I revel in the glory of my suite and decide to gather rest like Tobleman suggested. I lay my head on the warm, fluffy pillow and drift into a deep sleep.