Well, if it helps, apps are always open. c: They just get judged every other week. And yeah, Route used to be huge, but now it's at a much more manageable size of... I wanna say 90-ish characters? It's definitely settled down since its inception.

Riku's a loser and named one of his Tyranitars after Terra, and he was bffs with Ven while he was around. Sora's post-3D, too, so he'd know all about the evil that is Xehanort.