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Sixtieth Keychain - [Voice/Action]
[It all started in the morning. Roxas got up bright and early, wasting some time in the library before returning to KH house in the early afternoon. He was determined to drag Axel out of bed to go to the battle dome with him. However, when he entered the other Nobody's bedroom, he didn't see anything. He clicks on the journal then and he's not addressing it just yet as he makes his way around the house, just to see if he can find him.
There's no sign of him being home.
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...okay, Axel. If you didn't want to go out and train with me today all you had to do was say so. [He's going back to the other Nobody's room to give it another sweep.] Don't you think we're getting a little old for hide and seek? [And he's dropping to his knees, crawling around and looking under the bed and things.
And it's about then he remembers he has a rather useful device in his hands. He'll peer into the camera then to deliver his message.]
Hey, hi, listen. Have any of you seen Axel? Tall guy, bright read hair? Usually in a heavy black coat, snarks a lot? I mean it's not that big of a deal but I would really like to fi--
[It's then he sees a slip of paper that appears to have accidentally fallen under there. He makes a quick grab for it and sits on the floor, unfolding it and subconsciously mumbling to himself.]
...'nother "see ya" for now. I know I promised I wasn't going anywhere...
...I don't go away that easily...
...No!
[And he's taking off like a shot, journal in his hand as he bolts out of KH house and toward the village.]
You dummy, you can't be gone. Don't do this to me again!
[He's not going to stop for anything. Good luck getting him to slow down, but someone's on a mission to find the redhead, not fully believing the Nobody's disappeared from Luceti all together.]
There's no sign of him being home.
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...okay, Axel. If you didn't want to go out and train with me today all you had to do was say so. [He's going back to the other Nobody's room to give it another sweep.] Don't you think we're getting a little old for hide and seek? [And he's dropping to his knees, crawling around and looking under the bed and things.
And it's about then he remembers he has a rather useful device in his hands. He'll peer into the camera then to deliver his message.]
Hey, hi, listen. Have any of you seen Axel? Tall guy, bright read hair? Usually in a heavy black coat, snarks a lot? I mean it's not that big of a deal but I would really like to fi--
[It's then he sees a slip of paper that appears to have accidentally fallen under there. He makes a quick grab for it and sits on the floor, unfolding it and subconsciously mumbling to himself.]
...'nother "see ya" for now. I know I promised I wasn't going anywhere...
...I don't go away that easily...
...No!
[And he's taking off like a shot, journal in his hand as he bolts out of KH house and toward the village.]
You dummy, you can't be gone. Don't do this to me again!
[He's not going to stop for anything. Good luck getting him to slow down, but someone's on a mission to find the redhead, not fully believing the Nobody's disappeared from Luceti all together.]
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She hears it in his voice. That distinct quality, the same tone she had when Sora disappeared.
Xion hears it, and understands what it means too quickly, horror rushing in so thick and fast she can barely breathe, and her heart, the heart she wasn't supposed to have, her replica heart, shatters. ]
Roxas!
[ Immediately her voice is hoarse, making her shout more like a cry, pained.
Because she knows-
Because she knows--
He's dead, he's dead, he's dead ]
Roxas, come back!
[ But she doesn't wait, either. She's gone, searching, needing, terrified and trying to keep from breaking completely. ]
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The thing he knows about Xion (and the thing he's counting on the most right now, really) is that she'll follow. She'll follow, she'll search, she'll help because neither of them can risk being alone without him now. It doesn't matter if they've both grown up and started developing their own lives and circles of friends, they both knew they still needed him.
He was busy focusing on the sounds of his own two feet slapping against the ground, the snow crunching under them and the snow that was falling from the sky and almost blinding him due to the speed he was going.
He just hopes Xion won't fall too far behind, especially once he darts through the village and into the woods.]
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Instinctively she knows where to look, knows where he'd go, because he's Roxas and she's sort of always known that, hasn't she, where he goes and where he hides, because they're part of each other, and it's almost like she can feel it. She uses no portals, trusting her feet to get her there, and she practically flies over the ground. Adrenaline pushes her, cold fear that somehow if she isn't fast enough Roxas will follow Axel home.
It's when she hears faint footfalls, running?, that she tries calling out, ragged. ]
Roxas!
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Axel's gone.
Axel's dead.
Axel will never be with them ever again now that he's left.
With that realization he finds himself curling up slightly in the snow, staring straight ahead. He silently waited for Xion to catch up, knowing that he had to give her a chance. They were all they had left now, weren't they?
Really, it just hurt far more than it should have for someone who wasn't supposed to really have a heart. What hurt worse was that this was the second time he's lived through this same thing, and this time it was much harder to believe he'd ever see his friend again. It was that realization that made him go completely numb, continuing to lay still and silent as he waited for his other best friend to approach.]
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And then it doesn't matter because she's on her knees in the snow beside him, dragging him up with sheer brute force so she can wrap her arms around him and hang on. Just hang on, like maybe she can keep him here if she just holds on tightly enough. ]
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He doesn't want it to mean what he knows it must mean.
It takes a very long time for him to swallow the lump in his throat enough to reply. ]
... Roxas?
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...Kohan. Hey.
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[ He has to ask. ]
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[voice] w o w i am so sorry that this turned out long oaihergoaiehrg
Opening up the journal and listening to Roxas pretty much confirms that too. Axel is gone. And Roxas doesn't believe that--he doesn't want to. What will he do? Where is he going? She needs to find him.
After running around the entire village for maybe a half hour or more, Naoto finds herself off somewhere in the forest, panting, shaking, crying. She can't find him. Not even Yamato-Takeru has spotted him. Why couldn't she be like Rise? Why can't she just scan every little crevice and track him down?
She backs up into a tree and pulls out her journal, tears drip onto the front before she can wipe them away. Why is she crying anyways? She shouldn't be the one shedding these tears. Roxas and Xion... they should be the one's crying. Not her. But she can't stop... they just keep rolling down her cheeks. Maybe it's because she feels useless again--she can't keep an eye on Roxas like Axel said to. She can't scan the entire village like Rise could to find him. All she can do is run.
Patting her on the head, her persona stares down at her with a strong look, giving a slight nod. She nods in return, taking a deep breath to try and calm down before opening the journal to call him...]
Roxas...?
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Hey...looking for me?
[voice] you love a failure /in the corner of shame
I have been for quite some time now...
[voice] I DONT CARE
What's up?
[voice] so kind is the tyty ;u;
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Did you see it happen? [He's never seen any cases of people witnessing someone going home, and Roxas is the closest thing he's seen to an eye witness in a while.]
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No. How did you get in here?
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[voice] /jealous of all the hearts in these other threads
[Action] Robin cant have hearts okay, it just doesnt work that way ps why did you change to voice XD
[Action] OH OOPS because I'd accidentally clicked the wrong thread and ALL I SAW WERE HEARTS. D:
[Action] ...XD You're so ridic. HERE TAKE SOME HEARTS THEN!!! <333333
[Action] GOOD. WAS THAT SO DAMN HARD?
[Action] MAYBE!
[Action] WELL TOO BAD
[Action] Why so mean ;;
[Action] ... Dude have we met?
[Action] ... yeah, point.
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[Action] This is probably gonna have to have a time-jump in it.
[Action] prooobably. lemme know if this works :o
[Action] It works poifectly. <3
She's completely forgotten seeing Roxas at this point, and so when she opens the door to his knock, it's with a surprised, happy smile.]
Oh, hello, Roxas! I'm glad you could visit! You should come in and have something to eat.
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I'm not really hungry but...mind if I come in anyway?
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For a moment, he says nothing. What's there to say when it's clear that Roxas is incredibly upset? Would his words even mean anything?
After several moments, he'll finally speak into the journals.]
... Roxas?
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...hey, Ven. [A pause.] So, you know...?
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[Over the journals, anyway. The way Roxas freaked out after asking about Axel was enough confirmation for him.]
You gonna be okay?
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