04 ↔ Shock

[darkercalling]

[Riku appears on the plane, still, but clearly unsettled. He takes off his blindfold and puts it away, the runs a hand through his hair and closes his eyes as he tries to wrap his head completely around what he just went through. He should have expected... but...]

She looked... damn.

[He goes silent for a moment, staring up and off into the

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[smolderingdark]

[Promise I won't gut you this time. Also, he's eating chocolate cake so his mouth is half-full.

HIS LACK OF MANNERS IS APPALLING]

Who?

[darkercalling]

[Not that he trusts you not to gut him this time. He's got his eye on you, man. Watch it. :|

Actually, no, he just turns his attention to Axel. He may be unsettled, but he's doing his damnedest to keep a neutral expression now.]

"The other one." That's... what Naminé called her.

[smolderingdark]

Na-... you sure you don't mean Kairi?

[Ffffffffffffff.]

Nevermind. I give up. [throws his arms up in a gesture of surrender] This place will never make any sense, ever.

[darkercalling]

[Blink!] Kairi? Why would...?

[... goddamn this place. He shakes his head.]

Yeah. I picked up on that already. [He crosses his arms.] Our worlds are similar. Do you remember there being another Sou-... another Nobody with a keyblade?

[smolderingdark]

Similar, yeah, but not the same.

[... That's an interesting slip. He seems to know what a Nobody is, though. His eyes narrow a little.]

Yeah, I've seen him. He told me his name was Sora.

[darkercalling]

[Riku's eyes narrow - confusion, mostly, but perhaps a small glimmer of suspicion. Different worlds... he needed to remember that. Always.]

Sora? ... No. Sora's sleeping, and Sora isn't a Nobody. Besides, this was a girl.

[smolderingdark]

[That sounds pretty familiar.]

... Really. [He doesn't let slip that Roxas was the one napping on the job. He doesn't remember any other Nobodies with a Keyblade besides Sora... Kairi might be able to use a keyblade, except she's totally unable to fight, so...]

Nope. I'm pretty sure I'd remember someone like that. Keyblades aren't something you find on every corner, y'know?

[He's not sure just how much their worlds have in common, but... not remembering a huge detail like that? Sort of weird.]

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Yeah. I know. And that there are two Nobodies that wield keyblades... [He shakes his head.]

This girl, though... she looked like Kairi. Exactly like Kairi. With darker hair.

[He pauses, considering... then shakes his head again.] I don't know why I'm telling you all of this. [Said more in a tone that implies "Don't mean to bother you" than "I don't trust you yet".... but both are applicable, okay.]

[smolderingdark]

That's bad news for the good guys, huh? [/JUDGES YOU. Well not really, but he's trying to figure out where Riku fits into all of this if he's not a bad guy.]

Just like her? Wonder if there's a reason for that.

[Riku's self-conscious? It makes Axel blink, but then he just smirks.] I'm the only person who even has an idea of what you're going through. That's probably why. That and I'm awesome.

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[He just nods. Hope you weren't expecting to get any sort of hint as to what side he's on, so sorry~~]

Because of the memories. I can't think of another reason...

[The "awesome" comment wins Axel an amused "hmp," and a shake of his head.] I guess it beats talking to a fence post.

[smolderingdark]

[DAMN YOU MYSTERIOUS YOUTH.]

... Castle Oblivion.

[More of a statement than a question. He shrugs off the last part.] You're just mad 'cause I have cake.

[darkercalling]

[Riku hesitates... then nods. Yep, Castle Oblivion, pretty much.

But then he rolls his eyes.] If I wanted cake, I could probably get some. [NYEH NYEH. :|]

[smolderingdark]

I'm not sure how that and some weird keyblade-wielding girl are connected. Maybe it's specific to your world. In that case, I can't really help you. Too bad~

[Axel says nothing to that eyeroll, but he does seem to be enjoying his cake. MMMMMMMMMMMM.]

[darkercalling]

Yeah? And if you could, would you? [In that "Yeah, right" tone. Also, he's ignoring the cake.]

[smolderingdark]

[Axel swallows.] I dunno. Are you the kind of guy who knows when he needs it?

[... Well, he's got a point.]

[darkercalling]

[Subject change! (Aka: we're not going to answer that question, thank you)]

You said in your world, Sora's a nobody. So then, what about Roxas...?