Yes, Keyblades did tend to look atypical compared to most ordinary swords, and Lea's Keyblade was atypical even by Keyblade standards, at least in terms of appearance. If Essek was curious enough to ask later, Lea would gladly explain what he knew about them, but for now, there were more pressing matters.
Lea pointed the Keyblade at the bridge focusing on how much they needed to get across to the other side. He was sort of expecting a beam of light to shoot out of it and strike the flickering bridge, which so far as he knew was how Keyblades worked their locking magic. But he didn't get a beam of light. Instead, he got a portal.
It would be clear to Essek that this wasn't what Lea had expected to happen at all as Lea took a step back himself in surprise at the sudden appearance of the gateway. It swirled with magical energy and light gleamed and radiated outward from the center. "Okaaaay, that's new...", he said. He cautiously stepped forward to get a closer look at it. "It... almost looks like a Dark Corridor, except... well, not dark."
He stared at it for a long moment before making a decision. "Wait here a second," he instructed Essek. "I'm gonna try something." With that Lea took a deep breath and stepped forward into the portal.
Passing though the entrance to a Dark Corridor felt like passing through a heavy curtain made of strangely solid and unpleasantly clingy smoke charged with static. The sensation of entering this portal he could only compare to stepping into a pleasantly warm bath, if that bath were both vertical and strangely solid and also not actually wet. That was, there was a sensation of passing through something that offered little to no resistance, but was definitely there, and left him with a sense of soft warmth and calm as he crossed into it. Instead of swirling darkness or chaotic colors, what he passed through was suffused with a soft glow that cast no shadows and seemed to come from everywhere.
And then, a moment later, he was stepping back out into the crumbling city... except he was stepping out of a second, identical portal on the opposite side of the bridge. "Whoa..." He would definitely have to tell Vexen and Ienzo about this. Xion and Kairi too. But the important thing right then was, they had their way across.
Not wanting to risk the portals closing due to disuse, Lea stepped back through and out of the original portal. "It's OK," he told Essek once he was back on his side of the bridge. "Follow me. I'm... not entirely sure how I made these portals, but they're safe and they can get us across."
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Lea pointed the Keyblade at the bridge focusing on how much they needed to get across to the other side. He was sort of expecting a beam of light to shoot out of it and strike the flickering bridge, which so far as he knew was how Keyblades worked their locking magic. But he didn't get a beam of light. Instead, he got a portal.
It would be clear to Essek that this wasn't what Lea had expected to happen at all as Lea took a step back himself in surprise at the sudden appearance of the gateway. It swirled with magical energy and light gleamed and radiated outward from the center. "Okaaaay, that's new...", he said. He cautiously stepped forward to get a closer look at it. "It... almost looks like a Dark Corridor, except... well, not dark."
He stared at it for a long moment before making a decision. "Wait here a second," he instructed Essek. "I'm gonna try something." With that Lea took a deep breath and stepped forward into the portal.
Passing though the entrance to a Dark Corridor felt like passing through a heavy curtain made of strangely solid and unpleasantly clingy smoke charged with static. The sensation of entering this portal he could only compare to stepping into a pleasantly warm bath, if that bath were both vertical and strangely solid and also not actually wet. That was, there was a sensation of passing through something that offered little to no resistance, but was definitely there, and left him with a sense of soft warmth and calm as he crossed into it. Instead of swirling darkness or chaotic colors, what he passed through was suffused with a soft glow that cast no shadows and seemed to come from everywhere.
And then, a moment later, he was stepping back out into the crumbling city... except he was stepping out of a second, identical portal on the opposite side of the bridge. "Whoa..." He would definitely have to tell Vexen and Ienzo about this. Xion and Kairi too. But the important thing right then was, they had their way across.
Not wanting to risk the portals closing due to disuse, Lea stepped back through and out of the original portal. "It's OK," he told Essek once he was back on his side of the bridge. "Follow me. I'm... not entirely sure how I made these portals, but they're safe and they can get us across."