Butterfly Wings

Gummi Ship

Going by the Ansem reports, gummi blocks show up well after the heartless appear. If anyone knows if there's an official explanation for that, tell me! Kimi's bit is pretty much made up on the fly.

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Inside the Gummi Ship, Sora met up with two tiny rats.

"Chipmunk!" one rat protested.

"That's the type of rat you are?" Sora asked.

Kimi had burst into laughter behind him; Sora thought he should probably shut up now.

"I'm not a rat, I'm a chipmunk," the chipmunk said angrily. "Got it?"

Sora nodded and took a seat. The Gummi Ship was set up with several seats in front of a large screen. Although the foremost of those were within reach of the instruments on the console, it appeared that the angry tiny things' equally tiny seats elsewhere were the ones that actually directed the ship. Behind the seats was a relatively wide empty space, at least in terms of a ship, which Sora generally expected to be compact.

The ship started with a slight lurching feeling. Sora watched as the world receded until it no longer filled the screen but was just a small irregular ball on one side of the screen, floating in darkness.

A simple map replaced the view, showing a simplified representation of Traverse Town and two pulsing dots to the right of it.

"These are the worlds we can pick up from here," Donald explained. "Where do you think we should start, Keybearer?"

"Um..." Sora learned forward and pointed to the upper one. "How about there?"

"Okay," reported one of the miniature pilots. "Firing engines..." The map disappeared.

Sora settled back into his seat, feeling the smooth acceleration. Finally, things were going right.

Ships filled the screen, flying straight for them. And firing. "What's happening?" he shouted.

"Yeah," Kimi commented. "I hated this part of the game too."

"It's the heartless ships-"

"-which makes no sense," Kimi interrupted.

"What else do you think they are?" Donald demanded.

"Well, duh, heartless ships. I'm just saying it's stupid. Why would heartless have ships? Does this mean gummis are tied to darkness? Oh my god, that'd actually be way cool."

"Gummis have nothing to do with the darkness!" Donald shouted. "The KING traveled in a Gummi Ship!"

"Come on, like that matters? Besides, that's practically evidence they are! The heartless use gummi ships, gummi blocks show up after the heartless, the oh-my-god-so-irritating-"king"-like-anyone-doesn't-know-who-they-mean uses gummi ships, which counts double. They've got to be evil. This is like deep meaning here!"

"Hey, Sora," Goofy said amicably over Kimi, apparently unbothered by either the ships attempting to shoot them down or the argument. "It'll take a while to get to the world. How about I teach you some fighting tricks in the meantime?"

"See, that's why this part sucks so much, it's because Squaresoft was making a point!" Kimi continued enthusiastically.

"Sure," Sora said, getting out of his seat and heading into the open area with Goofy. "You have experience with this kind of stuff?"

"Right!" Goofy thumped one hand against his chest proudly. "I'm Captain of the Royal Knights back at the castle, so I'm in charge of training new recruits. Practice is important!"