who i am from the start

[pullsheavendown]

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.]

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[icingonthecake]

Axel listens while Sora talks, and the more Sora talks the more absurd the whole thing sounds. He just sort of laughs, shaking his head.

"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."

[happylocksmith]

"It's real creepy," Sora agrees, nodding as he folds his arms across his chest and tries to be serious- it's kinda hard to pull off when all he wants to do is grin with happiness that he's reunited two long lost best friends. "I mean... I know I kinda did it, with you and Kairi ending up inside me-"

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."

[pullsheavendown]

Mostly, Roxas is staring, gaze shifting from Sora to Axel and back. It's not that the words don't make sense or that he doesn't understand the sentences, but the more information he gets, the fuller his brain feels, like it might start spilling out his ears. It's a little like when all his memories started coming back in DiZ's basement, except instead of pain, this time he feels extremely unnerved.

"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."

[icingonthecake]

Axel listens as Sora speaks, and his brow furrows at his words. Something is amiss here.

"'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."

[happylocksmith]

"Huh? Yeah, it was a bit confusing for me too but it's χ like a weird X rather than key like a key," Sora explains sheepishly. "I didn't get it 'til I saw it written down in a book."

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."

[pullsheavendown]

Six Xehanorts?

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."

[icingonthecake]

"Key like a weird...?" Sorry, Sora, for all Axel does like his words, this one's all Greek to him. [Courtesy laugh.]

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.