I wonder just how far up this journal goes, past Chain of Memories, I would assume. Did Jiminy keep a record through Castle Oblivion? I'm pretty sure the thing you accessed with the story/heartless information was called the "journal." I'm wondering this because either we have to cover all of KH1 or we have to cover all of COM on top of KH1. I mean, Sora doesn't remember COM, so that could be interesting plot-wise. Also... what is up with all this "heal their hurting" shit? Augh, the more I think about it the more questions come up and the more confused I'm getting.
- We’re in… Wonderland! My least favorite world!
- Sora’s a bit confused, seeing as how he was just in Traverse Town and magically ended up here.
- Mickey tries to explain that locking one world unlocks the next and… well Sora is Sora.
- “Wait, so that thing I clobbered inside the Keyhole… That was a “bug”? So then… these blocks must be bugs too, right?” I DON’T KNOW STOP ASKING ME!
- So… the bosses cause the blox and they blox can only go away for good once we defeat the boss. Okay… Well at least there was a reason those damn things kept coming back. That was annoying.
- Sora doesn’t seemed to mind “being blasted off” to world after world though. Gotta love this kid. In the other games there was like a motivator but it’s nice to know you don’t have to string up Kairi and Riku for Sora to get stuff done.
- Our conversation with Disembodied!Mickey is interrupted by a cry for help! Oh no!
- Oh hi Alice, what seems to be the trouble? Heartless? Oh… I was kinda hoping for like… I dunno something different. Maybe some card people?
- “Save the girl!” You say… well if you insist.
- Um… Alice has forgotten her own name…
- Apparently “her mind’s like me – a bit fuzzy.” No giant floating cat head, we can see you just fine. :T
- Apparently everybody’s memories have been “misplaced.” Well this is gonna be fun. AND BY THAT I MEAN NOT AT ALL!
- Sorry I think I’m just prejudice against Wonderland. But… it kinda blows in EVERY GAME.
- Looks like we need to find a keyhole... which Alice has seen and can’t remember. Joy.
- We need… an Inkling? Oh hardy har har.
- Wait what? There are seriously “Inklings” that we have to find. Good lord…
- So we grab the Inkling and give it to Alice who can now remember her name. Huzzah!
- She can remember that the keyhole glowed and Sora is a saint. SERIOUSLY JUST SAY WHERE IT IS WOMAN!
- Of course she can’t remember because then things would be too easy.
- GO AWAY CHESHIRE, NOBODY LIKES YOU!
- “But the fog that’s bogging her could be unclogging with the right memory jogging.”
- So… moar Inklings?
- CLOAKY, REALLY? IS NOW THE TIME?
- “That’s right. sort it out and end the hurt.” You’re like a broken record. ‘Blah blah, hurt blah.”
- Sora agrees with me, Cloaky best stop popping in and out of places.
- “Our world still aches, and your next road still awaits.” Seriously, somebody needs a new hobby.
- Sora and I are of the same mind “Meh, who cares.” INDEED!
- No… Alice’s memory isn’t more important but… better than dealing with Rhyming McRhymingpants.
- So um… two doors and both have ???s so either way stuff has to happen… right?
- Oh look I’m in a maze!
- And there are some inklings and red stuff over the archways…
- Whelp best go through them!
- So the red archways teleport you to different rooms and eventually through much backtracking I get three more Inklings. Joy!
- After collecting everything here there’s another door. I think it’ll take me back to Alice.
- Or not. Now I’m in the dreaded woods section and it looks like the platformer from hell.
- This… might take a while.
- Okay through the forest and through door #2 we find… Cards!
- And another effing maze…
- The card tells Sora that this isn’t just any maze, it is the Queen’s garden.
- So Sora of course chooses the only logical option: Sneaking.
- After making our way through the maze/garden there’s yet another door!
- Now we’re in the ‘big room’. I’m sure there’s a better name for it but, ya’ll know what room I’m talking about.
- So not only are we tiny there are… giant Heartless! Aaaah!
- So after finding a few more Inklings it’s time to talk to the Doorknob… who sends us on a wild goose chase after another backdoor.
- This system sector gives us a new feature: betting. You can place a bet on a challenge, if you pass the challenge you get your points back and double it or whatever the rate is for that sector. So this one was “don’t get hit more than 14 times” so, easy peasy!
- After getting the Doorknob turned around you get another Inkling … yay?
- Back to the garden/maze! Which is now a has a crapload of cards… I smell a glitch.
- Okay now through another sneaking maze for more Inklings and to access the Tea Garden.
- After killing some Heartless Roar declares that this is a good place for Inklings… Well if you insist!
- Oh hey Mr. Rabbit! Who’s question I can’t answer because I don’t have the right Inkling…
- Okay backtracking… only to find another glitch that ends with us getting another Inkling.
- So now with the Rabbit’s question answered we’ve got all the Inklings, huzzah!
- Back to Alice to fill in the blanks, oh what fun!
- Now that Alice remembers where she saw the keyhole, the Queen’s Castle, we’re off!
- Alice helps us sweet talk our way inside but just as we are about to go in guess who’s here…
- Cloaky! Who only shows up to be cryptic. Seriously, Cloaky, enough is enough!
- “The truth lies through the Keyhole.” WE KNOW!
- “And with it, true memories…” Wait, what?
- After Cloaky leaves we meet up with Alice and the Queen who, of course, isn’t happy to see us and orders “off with their heads” and yada yada.
- After duking it out with some cards we get to the keyhole, yay!
- “Move left and right as you run forward toward the goal.” Noooo!
- The big bad glitch/boss is, of course, the Trickmaster because the guy needs the money or something.
- With the Trickmaster gone so are the blox, huzzah!
- Also looks like all the Inklings/memories are back where they belong.
- Back at Disney Castle Mickey and the gang are all high-fiving and patting each other on the back.
- And there’s a new journal entry, but of course!
- “There are more hurts than the one you have just undone.” AUGH WE GET IT, ALREADY!
- Also the door is still locked…
- So it looks like it’s time for Data!Sora to go to a new world.
- BUT FIRST CLOAKY!
- Sora demands some answers, mainly who’s the one making all of these glitches.
- “This world has been connected.” Okaaaay… thanks? Not like we’ve never heard this line before.
- “Memory and reality now stand tied.” Urrr…?
- “And now, it’s time you learned the truth.” About…?
- Or you could just LEAVE.
- Mickey is all like ‘After him, he knows stuff!’
- The Castle Gang hears a strange knocking noise… AND THERE’S SORA!
- Data!Sora that is…
- AND CLOAKY IS HERE?!
- WATCHING US?! THROUGH OUR OWN MONITOR?!
- Cloaky is aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive!
- And… Riku?
- Or… “not quite.” Data!Riku!
- Data!Riku is supposed to protect the journal… and he is kinda the journal? It’s all in him?
- Riku wha- I mean huh?
- THEY’RE IN THE JOURNAL TOO?!
- Is this all an autistic child’s dream?!
- Mickey, of course, wants to go home but ALARM!
- Somebody’s trying to hack in!
- And if they get in… Mickey and Donald and Goofy won’t be able to get out?
- So we gotta fix the link and get rid of the bugs and… why is Riku here again?!
- Sora is gonna go get rid of the bugs and is taking this way too well.
- AND WE’RE OFF!