Breaking out of the mold. (Open)

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"Oh come on!" a voice rang out in the middle of the busy streets. The crowd of people were swerving to avoid the conflict that was going on because they knew who was involved. Seed, as everyone knew him in Twilight Town, was once again attacking a random person who mouthed off to him. Let's just say that the other man was not doing so well. Speaking of which, said man was laying under Seeds black boot struggling to breath. Seed just spat on him and cast a gaze over the crowd and took his boot off of the man and said softly to him, "Next time you say I sleep with trashy women I will kill you. Now GET!" the man quickly got on his feet and ran off to tell the police what happened. The police know of Seeds misdoings but do nothing about it.

"You didn't have to do that Seed, just a verbal warning would have done nice..." a frail looking white haired man said to the green haired Heartless as he stepped out from behind another person watching. The man had a black sash neatly tied around his eyes and his gray cotton shirt was hanging lazily on its wearer. Seed only chuckled and rolled his eyes and began walking to another store; the other man following close behind.

"Maverick, you're going to learn that the only way to show these humans any kind of dominance is to beat them to a pulp. And don't go thinking that your a human any more, few more months and I'd say you'd be as good as a Heartless." Seed said as he picked up some fruit from a vendor and began eating it without paying, the vendor simply bit his lip to keep from saying anything he would regret. But Maverick tossed a very small bag at the man filled with munny to pay for it and retorted to Seed, "Still, you don't need to cause a scene. Neither Elaeus nor Ansem would like that if the Dark XII was discovered by mere humans before the time was right." Maverick's throat almost burned from the words he spat out. A month ago he would be fighting against this monstrosity of darkness, but some time with Elaeus and Maverick found himself easing back into his old nasty habits. He sighed as he heard some noise coming from the street ahead of them.

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((Hope you don’t mind if I pop in with Darkun?))

Darkun was sitting on a bench quite a distance away, watching the crowds of people bustle past with there shopping, he found it interesting, none stopped, none knew him why would they? He merely watched as they went about their lives.

That was of course until things got a bit out of hand, Darkun hadn’t heard the conversation but a man was now scuttling away after being beaten to ribbons by another man with green hair who was also being followed, what a strange and curious day this was turning out to be.

He stood up off the bench as the two walked past and slowly he started to follow them, there shadows were simple enough to latch onto, and he knew he had the reflexes to shadow step or simple phase away.

After following them for a short amount of time, watching them make small talk Darkun increased his speed so that he became within hearing distance of them. “ Excuse me Seed was it?” He’d heard the name shouted through the crowds earlier, apparently this man was popular. “ Why did you beat that man?” he cocked is head to one side lightly.

Ever since Darkun had lost both Seth and Sam he had wandered lonely through the shadows, becoming more and more like one his interactions with people became less and less. Sometimes he lost himself and wasn’t sure if he was just a shadow or not. His favourite hobby was the thing that reminded him of what he was, a nobody, but he was something, people watching, he loved watching how they all reacted. Seed reacted differently, that’s what was interesting. “ You don’t act like normal humans, why not? Are you different?”

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Seed chuckled at Mavericks concerens, Maverick knew almost nothing of the Dark XII but here he was trying to give orders to a superior. How amusing. Seed tunred his head back to reply to Maverick while giving him a nasty look. "Now, now Maverick. The time of the XII is coming to light soon. Though I would advise you to NOT go searching for any friends to warn them, I have you under lock and key." he gave another chuckle as he sensed that another person was coming over to them rather quickly.

Maverick went to make a response but he just sighed and moved his hair out of his eyes to have it fall back into place. Seed knew just where to poke a sharp stick into Mavericks emotions and his (ex)friends where just the place, though he cast them away he still holds a special place in his heart for them but being around the Dark XII is making that space grow smaller and smaller each and everyday. He was ready to port out when a voice ring out from behind, apprently an admirer of Seeds work?

"Oh, it's you," Seed groaned as his back was still turned to Darkun. Seed didn't need to see the face of a Nobody to know that it was one, the aura was simple enough. In fact, Seed had sensed a Nobody wandering around his town for some time but never cared enough to go and look for it; he figured that it was just a Dusk or Creeper. He tunred his head to the side and answered the question, "He said I sleep with trashy women, but please. Only the sophisticated hussies are for me." he gave out a sickening chuckle and only walked forward to remain from attacking the Nobody. Though he has changed from his violent ways, old habits are very hard to break.

"Seed, come on. Show some restaint in your words will you?" Maverick sighed as he noticed some ladies nearby gave Seed the finger and walked away, he looked at the Nobody and then realized why Seed was now walking away. Seed wanted to fight it but knew he couldn't because Elaeus would have his head if he made a scene without permission. "Sorry bout him, being a Heartless makes him really on pins and needles around a Nobody. My name is....Arthur. Maveick had to give a fake name in case someone around here knew him and started asking questions. That and he wasn't ready to come to terms with whats happened to him.

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Darkun expected the violent response, and it was what he received. “Interesting, you’re still walking away, I half expected an attack.” He cocked his head slightly as he continued to follow them, the forward one known as Seed seemed to be the leader and the more arrogant of the two. “So you are human form heartless, interesting, I didn’t know that you could come in such a form. Does that mean there’s more?” The last part was more of a question to himself, if there was, that means he could find more human form nobodies…

Turning slightly his gaze landed on the other one. “I wonder though” he stared long and hard into the heart that had long since lost its body. “Why do you lie about your name? You paused before speaking, no one forgets there name. Not even me.” Tilting his head back up he looked into his eyes. “Two heartless walking around… interesting. I guess it would be foolish of me to ask about the dark xll, but the name gives away enough information.”

“Oh how rude my name is Darkun.” He smiled cheerfully, his mastered fake smile that to anyone that didn’t analyse deeply would seem just so real, but Darkun knew it wasn’t real.

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Seed stopped dead in his tracks when he heard Darkun utter the words Dark XII, his mouth was twitching with annoyance. So many things he wanted to do to this Nobody but that would only fuel the fire that was made in the conversation. Seed gave a mental sigh and turned around to face Darkun, with a very annoyed look on his face. "Now how in the hell do you know about the XII, why would a worthless Nobody want with the Heartless? Don't even think about it Maverick!" Seed spat at his commrade as the silver haired youth had his arm outstretched to try and open a portal. Maverick made a heavy sigh and waited for Seed to address him once more.

Seed moved till he was face to face with this Darkun, he wanted to spit in his face for being a Nobody. Beings that were not supposed to exist forever whining about how bitter and frail their lives are. "Put away that smile, we both know that it isn't real; and don't compare me with Maverick, he is only a Human. Being Heartless puts me in a higher social standing than him. Now tell me, where did you hear about the Dark XII?" Seed finished by making a large gust of wind blow through the entire area, save for around Maverick, Darkun, and himself. All the people instantly ran for a safe area; once they saw that Seed was in a bad mood they knew better than to even look at him the wrong way.

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Darkun’s smile stretched wider and wider. “Oh now your getting annoyed” he chuckled a little bit before he did what he loved to do to annoy people, he made himself intangible and walked through him, after gaining a bit of distance behind Seed he turned around and phased back in again before speaking. “ Well, I have been following you for a bit and you talk REALLY loud” truth told it was more of a fact that Darkun was listening very carefully but he knew this would annoy the hell out of this guy, he was so touchy.

Turning his back on Seed completely he held his shadow ready for a defence and talked to the other guy. “So it must be annoying having him around all the time, he seems really pushy for a boss.” Chuckling lightly he walked closer to maverick. “So what’s your job then with this Seed guy? Oh, and what’s your real name?”

Darkun was enjoying today, he got to annoy two people, he’d found out that there was people all over the place and he’d now memorised this guys shadow, if he ever got bored in the future he knew he could just come find these two again to annoy, what a joyful day.

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Seed rolled his eyes when the man walked through him usign some kind pf power; another Nobody trick, they use magic of deciet instead of taking you on head first, well most do anyway. Seed gave a wink to Maverick was he turned to face Darkun once more, with a more subtle look on his face. "Not at all Darkun, I'm only annoyed at the fact that one of my commrades doesn't know how to keep thier mouths shut about the Heartless. True, I am with the Dark XII and so is he. But I see you have failed to answer my question, how did you come across knowledge of the Dark XII?"

Maverick only stared through his sash around his eyes at Darkun as he continued to badger Seed. The youth was a little surprised that there was someone just like Seed but in Nobody form. "What? Oh, yeah... Maverick zoned out when Darkun started talking to him. Truth was that Maverick wanted to get as far away from here as possiable, he knew that Seed could attack at any moment and he is pretty hard to calm down when it happens. "My name is Maverick. But you should have seen Seed before he became stronger, back then he would have already started fighting with you. Wait, my job?" Maverick was a little shocked to hear that question asked towards him. Almost taking it as an insult, his mind first went to "I don't even know him!" but quickly snapped back to reality. Maybe the darkness was playing tricks on him or maybe he was finally losing himself; Maverick didn't care which at the moment.

"Seed isn't my boss. Someone else is, but I don't think you need to know his name at the moment." Maverick retorted as Seed held up a finger to silence him. The green haired Heartless only crossed his arms and began bending the Space around all three of them. "You're not the only one with special powers Nobody. Just look." when Seed finshed speaking the group was surrounded by an island of sand and wooden houses. The sea crahsing against the shoreline and people running about. A simple illusion but effective in showing what his powers are.

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“Should I tell you? Yeaaa why not. The member that betrayed everything was… you and your friend” he smiled lightly before mimicking mavericks voice “Still, you don't need to cause a scene. Neither Elaeus nor Ansem would like that if the Dark XII was discovered by mere humans before the time was right." He then continued to do a very poor imitation of Seeds “Now, now Maverick. The time of the XII is coming”

Looking back up he smiled slightly “ After that I just made out I knew more than I did, so your with the Dark Xll, interesting, must be something pretty special if you don’t want anyone to know about it. Now who is Elaeus and Ansem I wonder?” he chuckled lightly feeling quite proud of himself. “OH! I’ve got it, Maverick; I bet you work for one of those two seen as your being so secretive of who your boss is. So if I want to get you guys in trouble, all I gotta do is find one of these two. Cool.” He chuckled before listening to Maverick.

He could see the shadows around him distorting. “So you can bend reality around us?” he looked around seeing the kids running. “Can I ask… how far does this spread? I doubt it’s indefinite? “After smiling once more he looked up at Seed, smiled deeply and opened his eyes with an evil grin. Clenching his hands together he forced his shadow out of the ground and up to his palm before it solidified into a small Frisbee. “Seen as were on the beach? Frisbee anyone?” With that he cast it up into the air before it stuck just hanging in the air.

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Seed only glared at Maverick when he heard Darkun mimicking thier voices. This Nobody was full of surprises; Seed wondered if he could some how make this situation into a positive. He doubted it though, this Darkun was one loose cannon. Seed only did what can be described in two words, he face palmed at the site of Darkun making a Frisbee and wanting to play a game. He sighed and asked Maverick rather seriously, but anyone who knew Seed real well would be able to pick up on the hidden meaning"So Maverick, do you think that this mission was a success?". To top it off Seed uncrossed his arms and produced a small notebook with the Heartless insignia on the cover and then produced a pen from thin air and began to write in it. Though this was only his journal, Darkun would never know it was.

If one could see Mavericks eyes they would see them slightly closed to portray a confusing look. But Maverick saw through what Seed was saying and decided to play along, "Yes I would say it was, Marluxia is already on his way back with the item. Good thing your such a good actor ey Seed?" a small laugh escaped Maverick to try and make it believable. Truth be told Maverick had no idea what Seed was planning on or why he was going through so much effort. But whatever it was it can not be good for Darkun at all.

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Darkun was listening to everything that was being said. “Marluxia… so this persons in the Dark Xll as well. And missions? So you’re some kind of group, how interesting, how interesting.” He watched the little note book pop up in Seeds hand and instantly wanted to know what it was, without a seconds extra thought he shadow stepped and was stood with approximately an inch behind Seed looking in at the notepad. “Watcha writing” he asked whilst reading whatever was on the notepad.

He laughed lightly, his feet firmly standing in this guys shadow, surprising he could still feel the shadows, if he wanted to he could shadow step to another planet, he doubted that this guys magic could stretch that far, and nothing forced him to even be tangible. “So what item was this Marluxia looking for.” His glance quickly flicked up to Maverick, “And you’re a really bad actor” he chuckled, people watching was so useful for picking out lies and confusions.

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Seed closed the notebook as soon as he sensed that Darkin moved, man this guy was really hard to keep tied down. Seed only sighed and returned the scenery around them to normal as he moved his body over to Maverick; being able to bend Space is a nice perk when an unwanted Nobody is tailing you. He gave the youth a glance and spoke to Darkun, "No, Marluxia is NOT in the Dark XII he is more or less doing us a favor. Not that you need to know, with your friends gone with him and all. I doubt you'll hear of Marluxia ever again." Seed spoke coldly. He only knew of Marluxias little pet Samael from a brief talk with the Florakinetic, but Seed was taking a big gamble here. Marluxia said that he found Samael in Twilight Town and that some other of his kind took him in, but that was about a 1 : 9,000 chance that Darkun was it.

"Yeah, we kept you busy while Marluxia made off with the heart of some kid. Don't care enough to remember the name, he just said that the kid held the same power or something. Or was it the same personalty? Ahh who cares." Maverick forced himself to say. It wasn't easy for him to say such evil things about another human but if Seed wanted a show than Maverick would be (not so) happy to oblige.

(Meh, so sorry for the short reply)

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“Is that were Sammy went?” he mumbled looking at Seed, his face a strange contortion now.” Why cant I feel his shadow anymore, if this Marluxia had hurt him I swear to you ill devour him” The voice he used was a tone of anger, of course nobodies couldn’t feel, but he realised long ago that Sam was what he could call his heart, it made it possible for him to see how emotions were used.

The Frisbee in the sky shattered into glass like fragments and poured down over the area, as long as you wasn’t looking directly up at it, it wouldn’t have hurt you, the worse injury from this was just a bit of torn clothing. “I know your shadow’s and if I found out you lied to me, ill make them eat you” To show what he meant he waved a clenched fist at Maverick and watched as the shadow of the man formed itself up into existence, its hand stretched out in a strangling kind of way before it turned vapour and seeped back to a shadow.

“And I’m guessing this means you don’t want to play?” he smiled; if this Marluxia had them then he needed information. “What do you know about this Marluxia? Tell me, maybe we can trade something.”

((Yea sorry mine are a tad short too. I g2g somewere, Ill be posting in like an hour or so. Ciao))

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"Bingo..."[/i] Seed thought proudly to himself as he heard the man confirm his suspicions. So this was the Nobody that Marluxia was talking about. Not much from Seeds point of view; but then again Seed was never a good judge of character for Nobodies. He didn’t feel phased by the kids little parlor trick of manipulating shadows into solid object, he responded by making dark energy wisp from his shoulders and down to his hands.

”Nice trick you got there, but all a Nobody can do is manipulate it. While Heartless on the other hand,” Seed forced the wisps of darkness to condense into a sphere in his palm and he continued with a satisfied smile on his face, ”We can control it, make contact with it. If you tried to make direct contact with you would be drug back to the Darkness from where you came.” Seed gave a menacing chuckle and formed a portal right behind Maverick and himself. They had stayed too long and needed to report either to Elaeus or see if Traverse Town holds anymore secrets.

While this was going on Maverick had made bone spires protrude from his torso in preparation for a fight. But seeing Seed flaunt his powers and his shadow falling back into place he began to ease up a bit. Whatever was going on here Maverick was still clueless about it, he wanted to talk to Marluxia; but the thought of that twisted Nobody talking with him almost made him sick to his stomach. So without another word he walked into the portal and wherever it would lead him. Seeing this, Seed gave a farewell saying to Darkun, ”Be a good boy now!” and walked into the portal with his puppet.