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nysalogs2018-07-17 10:02 am
pullsheavendown) wrote in nysalogs2018-07-17 10:02 am
who i am from the start
Who: Roxas (pullsheavendown), Sora (happylocksmith), Axel (icingonthecake) & Riku (dreamprotector) in varying combos
What: Meetings & reunions
When: Day of the latest pod awakenings, pre-Nadril
Where: Thesa Station
Warning(s): Kingdom Hearts lore is stupid
[So, he's awakened in space with the knowledge that his worlds is gone, found his other half, and had a conversation he always wanted to have but never thought he'd be able to. What next?
Go to Disney World
Get dragged along the corridors of Thesa Station, apparently.]
pullsheavendown), Sora (happylocksmith), Axel (icingonthecake) & Riku (dreamprotector) in varying combos What: Meetings & reunions
When: Day of the latest pod awakenings, pre-Nadril
Where: Thesa Station
Warning(s): Kingdom Hearts lore is stupid
[So, he's awakened in space with the knowledge that his world
Get dragged along the corridors of Thesa Station, apparently.]
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"Yeah, we're all stuck with him," he jokes, rubbing the back of his neck. "Which is good, 'cuz he's pretty darn good at getting to rescue people when you need him. "
Well, him really, he guesses. More than once.
And it feels great, knowing that now Axel doesn't need to try to atone for past mistakes or try crazy things to bring his friend back. Roxas is back, and Sora didn't need to lose his heart again to get him there. (And honestly that's kind of a relief.)
"But why are you so surprised Roxas? You know he comes back, you're from the same time I'm from."
Roxas should know that, right? The part where Axel is Lea again and he has his own Keyblade. He looks in askance at him, seeking affirmation.
"Right?"
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Roxas shakes his head in response to Axel—it does matter, it matters a lot—and turns to answer Sora, stepping his friend's grip.
"It's not that simple," he says. "I'm from the same time as you, but that doesn't mean I've been watching everything you've done all this time. After that time we saw each other before you went to fight Xemnas, it was like I went to sleep. That's why I could make contact with you again—it was like I'd been dreaming there for a long time, so in your dream you were finally close enough that we could talk."
Does Axel know about that too? Is he the only one behind on everything? How much has Sora assumed he's already aware of? Roxas looks from his other half to his best friend and back.
"I didn't know anything except he saved us," he says. "Nobodies aren't supposed to come back once we fade. We're not even supposed to exist, so how...?"
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There had been so many questions after everything that had happened; what had happened, what they were going to do now, how hard it was going to be to take on Xehanort and his posse, that they hadn't even started to cover the actual hows and whys of Axel coming back as Lea.
"So what I do know is... Xemnas is the Nobody of a guy called Xehanort, and his Heartless was the guy we fought who we called Ansem, and he stole the name from Ansem the Wise-"
Should he bring up DiZ right now? Maybe not right now. Probably not the best of people to bring up considering everything.
"Xehanort wants to start up the Keyblade War again and to do that he needs Thirteen Darknesses, and to get them, he wanted to use you guys in the Organization to become him by putting part of his heart into you, only it didn't work and a bunch of you guys didn't take it, so he was looking for other vessels to turn into him and he wanted me, 'cause he couldn't get you-" he nods towards Roxas, "and then he nearly got me, but Lea saved me and the Xehanorts all got away."
Is this all too much information? It's probably too much.
"So with all that, and Master Yen Sid and King Mickey trying to figure out what we do next, asking how you came back... I kinda didn't get round to it. But I'm gonna! 'Cause if you came back Axel, then I can get you back too, Roxas."
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He listens carefully, nodding every now and then when Sora comes to a name he recognizes. Xemnas stole someone else's name? Well, all right, it's not like he had any qualms about taking other things that shouldn't belong to him.
The rest, though...he tries to keep up, but his eyes start to glaze over as Sora says words that Roxas understands in sentences he doesn't.
"I didn't get a lot of that," he admits after a moment of hesitation. "But if Axel's okay, that's what matters to me. Maybe we can figure out the details of the rest later."
With pictures, maybe? Visual aids? Those would be helpful.
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"And carry the one and divide by the square route of pizza and I'm sure it all makes sense," he says, scratching his head. "Riku told me a little about all of that nonsense with Xehanort, too." He hefts a sigh and drops a hand on Roxas' shoulder. "I knew Xemnas had had his eye on you for reasons he never shared, but I didn't realize at the time that there was so much creepy weird bodysnatching and such going on." He shakes his head. "Seems you and I dodged one helluva bullet, defecting," he says to Roxas, and then sits down heavily on the edge of the bed. He looks at Sora with a frown. "Ansem the Wise was the head honcho of my home world," he says, "so I always knew that the whole 'Ansem' angle was BS."
Especially the part where Riku wearing Xehanort's face pretended to be Ansem. That had been a laugh-riot.
"Whadda you know about this 'Keyblade War', though?" he asks then, rubbing his chin. "There's this old legend, where I grew up, about a time long ago when the people of the worlds fought over the Light, and in doing so, the selfishness in their hearts gave rise to Darkness, which then took over the world and swallowed up the Light entirely and split the worlds apart." He shakes his head. "I always thought it was just a legend, an old story to teach kids not to be selfish, but... it's a little uncanny, the way some things seem to have lined up."
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He angles his head towards Roxas.
"But I'd never have done it on purpose, or if I had it would have been to keep you guys safe. I'm just glad that's all straightened out now, I don't wanna make a habit of people getting stuck in me."
He laughs, realising just how ridiculous that sounds. It doesn't last long though, as he turns his attention to the more important matter of the Keyblade War and what he knows about it.
"That's the gist of it. Master Yen Sid told me and Riku all about it before we took our exam. So... a long time ago, Kingdom Hearts gave with world Light, and it was protected by something called the χ-blade, but because so many people wanted to get their hands on Kingdom Hearts- and boy, don't we know it!- warriors made their own Keyblades to look like the χ-blade and started to fight over it. The χ-blade was shattered into twenty pieces - thirteen darknesses and seven lights - and Kingdom Hearts was swallowed by darkness, and it because the true Kingdom Hearts is stuck there, that's why there's Darkness in the worlds. And then some people decided to use the Keyblade to protect the light instead of conquering it. And you can bet that's not why Xehanort's not trying to get hold of it."
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"You know, when I said it had to be you, I didn't know...all this," he says, giving Sora a half-smile. Not that it's anything to joke about. "I guess what Xemnas was doing was only the beginning."
Or one plan among many. He was the type to have backups of backups, wasn't he? It seems like that must be true, even if he can't think of anything besides him and Sora.
"But he can't do any of it now, right?" His brow furrows slightly as he considers. "Not while everyone's asleep in the pods."
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"'Made their own Keyblades to look like the Keyblade'," he echoes, arching one eyebrow. "I feel like there's a homophone situation happening that I didn't get the memo on."
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But at Roxas' question...
"I don't think he can do anything with everyone asleep, but the worst part about Xehanort is there's already, uh..." he quickly counts on his fingers, "six of him, if you include the half-Xehanorts, and one of the full Xehanorts can time travel so that really sucks."
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Roxas gives a halfhearted smile that fades quickly, because...what does he say to that? It's not like he's intimidated by having a lot of enemies—he's fought thousands of Heartless, and after he walked away from the Organization, he's sure every one of them would have considered him an enemy and a traitor, except for Axel.
But this is bigger than that. If Xehanort is Xemnas, or something like him, and there's six of him, and one can time travel....
"Um," he says after a moment. "Do you guys think we could talk more about this later? I have about a hundred questions." At bare minimum. "But my head's starting to hurt trying to keep this straight."
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He puts a hand on Roxas' shoulder when he speaks up, giving Sora a tired sort of smile.
"'Fraid I gotta agree," he says, shaking his head. "I know this is important stuff, but... right now my brain is already kind of shorting out. One crazy unexpected surprise is enough for one day, don't'cha think?" He claps Roxas' shoulder with a grin. "Let's leave this one on a good note and save Xehanort and his MPD for some other day."
He doesn't want to kick Sora out, because he genuinely appreciates that the kid arranged this reunion for them, but the last thing Axel wants to talk about right now is Xehanort.