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Post by Ellie who has 0% on Sept 28, 2011 20:50:01 GMT -4
//Hit me up to jooooin; we perfer our threads D: lively//
A soft hum bounced in Kairi's throat as she walked through the remains of the Restoration Site. It was far more neater and less danger prone than before. The keyblade wielders had an extra bounce in her step as she bounced down the the stone path. She fell silent once she was in the shadow of Hallow Bastion, Ansem's Castle, yet blue eyes glanced over to a diverting path leading towards the Ravine Trails; she was truly up to no good.
For her own safety, she wasn't allowed outside the guarded grounds; Tron's program didn't dictate outside of the city and into the rocky mountanious terrain. This wasn't her first trip outside of the border, and thus far Yuffie hadn't caught her sneaking about either. For a girl who sucked at hiding her identity, she could scamper around under the ninja's nose.
Before anyone can spot her, she made a bee-line towards the Castle Gate and out of sight, while using her typical 'make no eye contact' tactic. Outside of the city was generally the only place where her keyblade was resourceful for practice; sure it would heightened her sense of danger, but even when she was living in a bubble of Destiny Island, the wrong attention was attracted to her regardless.
"At least I'll be the reason for my own mess...and not dragged into it." Call it forging her own destiny, and not letting her worriness and hesitation hold her back...even if it did exposed her to teenage invincibility and carelessness. She found no reason to keep her head tucked; she walked with the light and will be joining up with Sora and Riku as soon as she leaves the world and can find them. Perhaps Kuu would come along too, since they had plently of catching up to do.
With his back perched comfortably against one of the dark blue walls of the Ravine, Axel analyzed the defense system from a safe enough distance to remain low-key. His mind tinkered with the possibilities of Saboutaging the Defense System. And furthermore, how to coax his old acquaintance, Rolagii, into appropriately "fixing" the computer system. Particularly, to make let the Organization pass right under the radar. But, he hadn't seen Rolagii since that evening the Electric Lion fixed the broken orb robot on the edge of the town some time ago, and he wondered what that man had been up to now. If luck had favored the Flurry, they'd have crossed paths again. Soon.
Dancing through the recesses of his mind was curiosity, namely about what it would take to seize the Heart of this World for the sake of the Organization. It definitely wasn't one of the easier pickings, but its measure would've made up for its grueling means without a doubt.
Today's work, however, wasn't to make a move. Rather, it involved strategizing: spying on the neighboring Worlds, finding their weaknesses, and taking note of how best to take advantage of the ones the Thirteen could. It would all be for the sake of Xemnas' plan to recreate Kingdom Hearts. And consequently, the sake of synthesizing new Hearts for themselves.
Noise awakened the stewing Nobody, bringing him out of the comfort of his mind and back into reality. The sound was recognizable. One he could make out easily on the dry, gritty ground of the Garden: it was the scuffling of feet. Someone was approaching. Fast.
Uh oh. Now then, what would he do? Number Eight was confident that this location remained out of thought for most of the world's residents. Sure, he could disappear into a slew of shadow at any given moment, but the trotting feet were advancing far too quickly: he couldn't vanish fast enough to remain unnoticed. Whomever it was would've seen witnessed his escape - in part if not in whole. So, he remained still, in hopes of drawing very little attention to himself.
And lo and behold, a blur of pink scurried right past him.
Mischievous green eyes watched the small female canter further and further from civilization. His clever mind took in her demeanor, and her reckless decision to venture so far from safety.
He knew Kairi. He knew how important she was to the balance of the Worlds, and part of him had considered her stupid for ever trotting this far into harm's way. But the other part of him commended her for it. For you see, Axel had forgotten since the last time they'd met just how brave or foolish this girl could be. For the present, such a personality quirk had played right into his hands. It seemed that luck had favored him once again, and he was going to make the most of it.
Sure, she wasn't the burly Lightning-wielder he'd been hoping to reunite with, and she would undoubtedly be harder to catch, but a valiant effort would be better than nothing: especially considering how much she could do for their new Kingdom Hearts.
With hands folded confidently over his lean chest, the Nobody made himself known. "Yo. Kairi! It's been awhile," his tone was more fitting for an old acquaintance than an old enemy.
One hand raised to offer Kairi a lazy wave, causing the silver chain of his coat to shift and jingle.
Post by Ellie who has 0% on Oct 1, 2011 20:37:21 GMT -4
// See you made a lovely post. Look at the muse it gave meeee.\\
The Ravine was just too quiet as usual; because it was normal, one can easily ignore any foreboding sense of eerie. The sound of silence was just as endless as the Ravines itself unless there were hordes of heartless swarming a rogue heart. In a way, Kairi was expecting on that to occur and became too comfortable with the heartless here, since they haven’t managed to overpower her yet. It was surprising; the heartless haven’t shown their ugly black heads yet. Generally they would’ve festered after existing the Castle’s gate, and now she’s here and yet nothing. Now that was something to be concerned about.
“That’s…odd,” she muttered to herself out loud to break the now unsettlingly silent. What could be going on to halt heartless from engaging their common singular instincts? Did Yuffie came by and clear them all already, and they’re just delaying to resurface. Kairi stood still contemplating that notion and agreed with a shrug, “there goes a lost cause…”
Still something was probing her back telling her that Yuffie, Leon, this Cloud person, etc may not be a cause of it. Either way both speculations added up with one thing, packing it up. Stepping back she turned on her toe to head back until she heard a familiar voice.
"Yo. Kairi! It's been awhile.”
Her face lit up as she turned towards the voice happily, but her gaze was humorous and incredulous. Blue eyes rolled childishly, “Well you’re the one who’s been awaaaay, Ponytail, probably too busy smoking, drinking, and getting wasted.”
She tossed in the nickname in good sports knowing it would only incline Reno to call her ‘kid’, a pet name she distasted, but tolerated from him. She muttered the last part in a soft chastising manner; it would’ve been obvious to find Reno at a pub or the Frosted Flames. Regardless of her short shot of looking for him, she found him finally; she can get over the speed bump of bidding a farewell before she officially leave Radiant Garden. The Princess couldn’t find it in herself to leave without informing him first. Under layers of denial, she knew it was because she didn’t want to leave him and knew that he may suggest coming with her.
"I'll follow you now, yo, if you don't want to go alone." He said; she knew he would come with her. They wouldn’t be alone (despite him not admitting he is), and he can live up to that oath to make sure his ‘less handsome’ twin won’t bother him. The memory made her chuckle, but a question stirred up in her mind, “Hey, when did you knew my….”
She finally looked up to see a headful of wild red hair. When did Reno figure out her name? She introduced herself to him as Shio, and she haven’t been away from him that long for him to grow his hair out. Her eyes narrowed hearing jingling; his chains of his coat reflected in the light in contrast to his fitting black black…cloak…that cloak.
Wait
She stared at him in disbelief, then her eyes clouded over blankly before distorting into a frown. “You!”
You’re not Reno…
“What are you doing here?” Her warm friendly laughing voice hardened to a curtly tone.
As quickly as the wind changes the direction of flames in the fire, so too, had the lithe ginger's demeanor transformed. With his arms unfolding so that his hands could secure a hold on his hips, the Flurry's thin, triangular eyebrows furrowed with concern. Her cold welcome announced that she still held a grudge against him.
But given all of the facts, what would she have done in his shoes?
Jade eyes stayed on Kairi as the cogwheels of his mind turned for a response. And on queue, Axel's velvet voice rang with an answer: "What, are Nobodies no longer allowed to roam the outskirts of the Garden?" his tone was laced with a tease. Nobodies had never been successfully banned from Radiant Garden, and he wasn't willing to so easily explain the terms of his visit to just anyone. Especially not someone with such a raw power as a Keyblade Wielder.
But, there was something else playing on his mind, and the subject change would allow him the transition he needed in order to express it.
One hand played with the air, creating a few nonchalant gestures. They were just idle hand motions, but somehow they aided his explanation, putting his busy thoughts at ease. "Look, about what I did to you before... ?" here it came. The Nobody leaned forward slightly, hoping to emphasize the importance of what he was about to say. He still couldn't believe he was going to do this, but it was too late to change his mind.
"...I'm sorry."
An apology? That's precisely what it was. He'd never had the chance to express his true thoughts before, as his bitter defeat in the Betwixt and Between almost cut his existence short. But alas, he was alive, and now that fate had brought Kairi right up to him, he'd decided to run with it.
Post by Ellie who has 0% on Oct 11, 2011 22:55:01 GMT -4
An auburn brow arched as her neck rolled for emphasism as she waited from him to break the silence and answer her. Subconsciously her arms crossed over her chest; obviously she was agitated, and underneath that, she didn't trust him. Her eyes narrowed at the teasing tone, then she replied with a smig of mockery fun sport, "on the account that you're not wanted..."
Now say something smart about that... Despite how he had hit her on a personal note, her disdain didn't ran deep to her disbelief. For someone so light-hearted, it's difficult for her to carry a hard bone against anyone; vengence wasn't a trait that blossomed in her...unless something severe occured. Regardless, she wouldn't go parading it to him. It's not like he had a reason to care on her perference, opinions, feelings, or well-being.
For a moment, the Princess wondered if this was a waste of time, but her brows dipped in where he was going with this statement. He clearly remembered, but what was is purpose? Her curiousity peeked as he leaned forward, and she sub-consciously manuevered herself further from him as if the slightest lean put her at a safe distance.
Oh wow... Her brows scrunched in skepticism; she had imagined other encounters with him like shoving him off the bailey only for him smuggly teleport back to safety behind her and fill her ears with teasing mockery.
"What was that? I didn't hear you." Kairi stated with an innocent front with a edge of demand. If he was going to apologize, then he would have to come down to her. Call it being difficult and taking control.
((OOC: "If he was going to apologize, then he would have to come down to her. Call it being difficult and taking control." - I'm going to take this figuratively, and respond accordingly.))
Her reaction wasn't exactly what he'd predicted... And he'd prepared himself for her to react either in confusion, immediate rejection, or a wary acceptance - just to be on the safe side. But to ask him to repeat himself? He wasn't buying her innocent front. Oh, he planned to make sure his apology was heard in his entirety, but the obstinate Fire Element wasn't about to let her get away with sweet-fronted manipulation.
Thus, he continued his commentary. It had been on his mind for some time. If he'd had a Heart, he probably would've explained that it felt good to get it off his chest. But Nobodies couldn't really feel, could they? Kairi could draw her own conclusions when he had finished his mindfelt apology.
One hand had perched on his hip. The other scratched the back of that fiery mane. It seemed he'd thrown himself into quite an awkward position. His eyes traced to the side in search of the security that was suddenly lacking, and his words echoed with that same insecurity. Contrary to his typical front, his voice was much more subdued. Even a little unsure. ". . . Yeah. When Sora told me to tell you myself, I brushed him off." Those jade greens returned to the person he was addressing. "Never thought I'd get the chance, you know?"
Post by Ellie who has 0% on Oct 26, 2011 0:56:35 GMT -4
(WEEEE I GOTS MOOOOOSE XD of-course it's figuratively all in Kairi's head ._. I can't make him do anything.// Also Koko pop in whenever!)
Kairi’s brows perked in wonder towards his silent nature. Normally she could read people, but seeing that he’s a nobody it seemed implausible to be one hundred percent sure. Well if she had known him before he was a nobody, she would’ve had a better shot; little did she knew that the mistress of irony had place them both in the same world during their childhood, a childhood she hardly remembered to the point of irrelevancy. Still she can dissect his body language to find uncertainty within himself, but Kairi was at the point of believing less than a fourth of what came out of Axel’s mouth. Yet she wonders why she even contemplated on considering his apology; it brought up a concern if her nature, seeking the good in everyone, would be a downfall and actually is denial.
But what was there to deny, she questioned herself only to hear a little voice whisper, being able to feel…happiness…sadness…guilt…remorse
That was the clear cut definitions of a nobody; they couldn’t feel. Still the gifted princess magically thrust a silver lining in the grey abyss. What if they genuinely wanted to feel again and acted accordingly to hold onto that sense of humanity? Even so, could she still take the words of a Nobody when words can easily mean nothing?
His first syllable nearly broke her; if she didn’t know him at all, he would’ve had her sold hook, line, and sinker. He had shot her down and caught her off guard; she couldn’t even chuckle or feel empty when he mentioned Sora naturally being Sora, while missing him as much as she did. He had her undivided attention as those green eyes stiffened her like a Gorgon. He didn’t had to ever apologize to her again (unless he does something remarkably stupid or treachery), because she heard what she wanted; it was in his voice. Yet her heart and her mind rebuked and battled with one another, and for the first time, she was unsure which to listen to.
Blue eyes flickered up at him uncertain, and if she sub-consciously knew they would betray her, she glanced elsewhere to herd her thoughts together. Now who was the uncomfortable one? Her faced softly scrunched in a frown not liking the predicament at all, and for this new struggle, she would love to push him off that forsaken Bailey and plunge him out of her memory, which would be increasingly difficult thanks to this ordeal and his remarkable resemblance to Reno.
"B-," GAAAAAAH, she couldn’t even THINK about talking about it anymore; despite wanting to hear more, she doubt she could take it without being affected; subject change.
“So what are you doing here? I doubt you were just sitting there waiting to say sorry.” More confident in this position, she finally looked back at him, while her crossed arms tightened around her. She would judge his humanity by his actions; at least those can be irreversible, solid, and less traitorous than words, or so she hoped and wished. "And how did you even get here?"
Since she couldn't wrap her mind around her current dilemna and perferred to handle it away from his watchful scrutiny, Kairi moved to interrogate, while treading through less hazardous territories. Her voice was more relaxed than before as the flamming red-head extinguished her hostility. Now that he's apologetic, which she had no choice but to lightly take his word, what in the worlds was he up to now?
In Traverse Town, she heard about the Organization being...alive; she just hadn't witnessed the rumor until today.
This entire world was amazing! There were beautiful flowers everywhere, and in it's restored glory, Radiant Garden was a sight to behold!
Paul had finally set up a routine after dwelling in the new world for a few days: He would wake up, grab some fresh bread from a nearby bakery, take to drawing a random picture in the garden, and all sorts of miscellaneous things.
But every day, the priest seemed to discover something new! For instance, the occasional moogle other than Lasire, trying to make some quick money. Or the fact that apart of this new technology that Paul was slowly learning about had some sort of magical force controlling some sort of defense mechanism that defended the town if need be (this being the Claymore system).
And, as the Maestro had shortly figured out, that this system was invaluable; Apparently, the beings called Heartless could appear here too. It was relieving to know that the shadowy beings didn't only attack his home world, but also disappointing to know that the Heartless were a plague.
But on this particular day, Paul's mind was on other matters; Hmm... Now where can I go and practice my archery and magic privately.... The castle sounds nice but I hear Heartless live there... Or maybe near the bailey. I could see if there are nice easy "targets" there...
Paul hadn't had the opportunity to practice any ever since his fight with the Nemean lion back in Olympus. He was afraid of getting out of touch, and slowly strolled along, lyre held at his chest with one arm.
Finally deciding his destination, Paul strummed a soft scale on his lyre as he headed towards the Restoration Sight. He passed a few houses on the way, but surprisingly, was not bothered by any Heartless.
"Strange... Normally I wouldn't find Heartless as the kind of beings to have plans somewhere else. Oh well."The maestro thought aloud as he continued. After walking awhile, Paul began to hear some voices.
“So what are you doing here? I doubt you were just sitting there waiting to say sorry.” A young girl asked someone. Wanting to know what was going on, Paul strode forward until he found what he was looking for; A maiden with red hair in a robe of some sorts (This is the right, yes Ellie?) (Whom he assumed was the speaker) was apparently questioning a young(er) looking adult with fire red, spiky hair, who was wearing a long black coat with a hoodie.
While Paul took in the scene, the girl, whose arms were crossed, questioned, "And how did you even get here?
It was then Paul noticed the man's facial features, and swore that he had seen those dazzling green disks somewhere else. And just the face... it all seemed like... Lea... But it can't be... Oh great I'm rhyming in my head. Better stop while I'm ahead.
The priest found himself staring at the man, but shook his head. Focusing, Paul interjected, "I hate to interrupt, but do either of you two know a good place to practice archery safely? And by safely I mean fewer Heartless"
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“So what are you doing here? I doubt you were just sitting there waiting to say sorry.”
Kairi was, unfortunately, onto him faster than he'd hoped she could catch on. Her prying question was somewhat irking only in that he'd have to come up with a carefully weaved answer. As he gripped at ideas for what to tell her, she rattled off another question, not even giving him ample time to respond to the first one. And despite his calm expression, the cogwheels of his mind were working overtime to come up with an adequate answer.
"I hate to interrupt, but do either of you two know a good place to practice archery safely? And by safely I mean fewer Heartless"
Luck couldn't have chimed in at a better time. Just like that, it swept in, turning the winds of a cruel situation into his favor yet again. And he was going to take this opportunity for all it was worth. And smoothly.
Or so he'd hoped. But lo and behold, there was that awkward moment of silence - that kind when an awkward third wheel walks into a strange part of the conversation, and the dynamics of the day had once again shifted. Now, it was time for a subject change.
Hands secured on his hips, the Nobody leaned forward to emphasize his point, responding to the 'guest' in their conversation. "What's the matter, afraid of a little challenge?" If this stranger wanted a place where only one or two Heartless roamed, he obviously didn't desire to max out his full potential. Perhaps this was due to the fact he was intimidated or had an inferiority complex. Or maybe, he just wasn't aware of his true potential.
With people, there were always stories. . . And if Axel could drag this guy's out for awhile, maybe Kairi would forget about the answers he owed her verbal interrogation.
Post by Ellie who has 0% on Dec 13, 2011 16:31:41 GMT -4
The answer given wasn't one she was looking for, because it was a completely different voice. With a hum of recognition, she turned to face a complete stranger, who was a teen himself. From his question, she knew he was a foreigner, since everyone who lived in Radiant Garden or at least was familiar with it knew that outside the city was the unsafest region of the world, and he here was roaming around in it looking for a 'safe' practice run.
Surely he SHOULD be aware of that, and Axel was helping. Boys would be boys, and her eyes rolled at the familiarity of that; he sounded too much like Riku for a moment. Shifting gears she focused on the stranger looking at him incredulously, "you know you're totally in the wrong place right. If less heartless is what you want, then you should go back where you came."
She tried to keep her tone as polite as possible without the edge of a know it all, since it would seem pretty obvious what was safer...due to the lack of heartless presence. Then again, there weren't any around now, which she held Axel responsible for.
Post by kokoran714 on Dec 13, 2011 17:05:39 GMT -4
"What's the matter? Afraid of a little challenge?" The tall red haired man asked the priest. Shaking his head no, Apollotin replied politely, "Nope. It's just annoying how they keep popping up... Not to mention it ruins my focus, having to think about killing heartless. The Claymore system is wonderful, but whenever a group of Heartless appear, I hate just waiting around to let the defense system take care of them.".
Then, the teenage girl added, "You know you're totally in the wrong place right. If less heartless is what you want, then you should go back where you came."
But in actuality, archery wasn't the only thing Apollotin wanted to practice. He wanted to see if he could improve his Piercing Light limit, to see if he could begin to empower and control it a little more. But he couldn't do that around civilians; They would just get hurt, and that wouldn't do at all. Which is exactly why the priest wanted to practice the spell.
And he couldn't do it around a group of Heartless either; Once he would use it and another group showed up, the boy wouldn't be in the best shape to fight the shadowy foes. And that could very well be the end of the priest.
Sighing, Apollotin nodded at both and smiled slightly, "Well, thank you both anyway."
He began slowly walking back into town, thinking how in the world he was going to practice. The duo behind him slowly shrank as he meandered back. Drawing out his lyre, Paul began playing a catchy melody. Man, that guy reminded me so much of Lea... He even talked a little like him. And that girl looked pretty frustrated with him... You know, I think I'm going to try and keep an eye on this.
The priest turned nonchalantly, still playing his instrument. He went slowly into decrescendo, as if he were slowly walking away, and then hugged the wall. The plan was to only listen to the conversation, and only help out if things went awry.
Now, Apolloting rarely listened in on conversations (it was a rude thing to do), and didn't completely enjoy invading the privacy of this confrontation; But he also was somewhat curious about what was the meaning of the girl and man's meeting.
He breathed quietly, forcing himself not to look around the corner, as to remain hidden;
Deep jade green eyes watched his opportunity walk right past him. Just as easily as it had come, it slipped away again. After a few seconds of watching the stranger pass, and listening to the calm music strum quieter, his attention turned back to his fearless interrogator.
So then, how was he going to handle this? Ah! He had just the thing! Hands on his hips, the Nobody looked at Kairi, head tilted down due to his atyically tall stature. There was no malice in his eyes (not that expressions were solid indicators for Nobodies, right?). But what was there, deep in those uniquely green eyes, was a calm but driven fire.
Contrary to his element, there was a gentleness in his voice. "So then, where were we?"
Post by Ellie who has 0% on Jan 7, 2012 21:48:13 GMT -4
The teen hummed at the unfortunate; he had to walk all of this way just to turn back. She can empathize with him on that note; Radiant Garden wasn’t exactly the practicing range for uprising individuals. Actually now in these days everything qualified a risk; there are no such thing of easy street, shortcuts, and safety routes, and that conclusion only made one of her own conflict swim back to the surface. Eventually she would have to leave this nest this safe haven; she can’t grow where there were limits. Unfortunately to grow also opened the door of being crush; once she left it would be either sink or sail, sail or sink. Her eyes began to wonder about reflecting her own turmoil, but they rose up once her attention was summoned away to the Nobody.
An eraser cleared away her scribbles of thoughts; she rather not leave herself vulnerable to the likes of him apology or not. He hadn’t said nor done anything to whole heartedly win her trust completely even if she wanted to think there was a glimmer of light or lightness in everyone. His gentle tone threw her off and made her scurry threw her mind to find out ‘what exactly was next’?
She couldn’t remember what she said last to him before being interrupted, but she had a list long of questions to fling at him. There was too much to ask, too much to reason, and too much to find out. Would he even give her the time or be honest about it. Does he have a reason to? It’s not like they were friends or anything. What were they anyway? He helped Sora…practically sacrificed himself for him, and a friend of Sora is a friend of hers, yet their starting points were completely different and can’t be undone. Her own wonder and confusion led her to think out loud against her better judgment, “Why did you said that before? I mean why do you even care to apologize? I don’t get it…”
She found herself chuckling at her own uncertainty and confusion with a shrug. What in the world was she even doing? “I don’t even get how you’re even here in the first place ‘cause Sora said you faded.”
Kairi looked up at him to see his reaction, or at least his expression; regardless if he could feel or not he had his own thoughts about things, and she didn’t know if the subject of pretty much a ‘death experience’ was a touchy one. She wouldn’t even openly discuss when her world fell apart and feeling her heart drift away. Finding the silence too long she continued, “ It’s not like I don’t want to see you, well I don’t- gah whatever,” her eyes rolled and chastised herself with a grumble at her fumbling words.
“Anyways, what are you even doing…here…anywhere period?” Then another question made her run cold and give Axel a hard gaze. What if? “Are you still with the Organization?”
You better not lie to me… She mentally ordered although a whisper told her that he didn’t owe her anything, so it can go anyway regardless what she hoped.
Paul let out a quiet sigh after the red-haired man had presumed he had walked away; praying silently to Hermes, Greek god of thieves, that this masquerade would continue, Apollotin. If this goes without a hitch, I promise I'm going to be giving the best portion of my meal to Hermes tonight.
The young boy continued listening to the conversation; the young girl first tried to remember what she had been saying (Sorry
See you made a lovely post. Look at the muse it gave meeee.\\