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Characters: Axel and YOU
Setting: Room 1-18, Dormitories
Format: I'm doing prose, but whatever you do, I'll match~
Summary: After waking up with a ridiculous outfit on, a tee'd off Axel teleports around for some exploring. Not with a ridiculous outfit on, though. That would be silly.
Warnings: Nada for now

Please don't hold back on me, Axel. Promise.

He awoke with a start and for what felt like forever stared at the ceiling, unable to move or say a word. Last he remembered, he was at Twilight Town and last he remembered Xion had been with him. Not one of their usual meetings, mind, and not one he would have chosen out of his own volition. So where had that gone? Their voices, the fire burning at his fingertips-- All of that hadn't been a dream, had it? Thinking it, Axel finally shifted on his bed and swung his legs over the edge to sit up. This wasn't Twilight Town, this wasn't Never Was or any other World he could think of, that was for sure.

Deciding it would be best to investigate, Axel stood and approached the chest at the foot of his bed. His Organization coat, some regenerative potions... and some letters out of all things. Head tilted, he picked up the first one then ripped it open to read. Well. That certainly hadn't been the most pleasant letter he'd ever received and he didn't even believe it. Still. The smallest bit of unease started to settle in his gut upon thinking about the possibility of his World being truly destroyed. If that was the case, which one would it be? And why?

But more importantly... what about his friends?

With a sharp scoff, Axel pocketed the letter along with a couple of potions before he stood to head for the door and out into the hallway, footsteps quick and body tense. Regardless of some crummy letter or what had really happened to their World, regardless of how things had turned out between the three of them in the end... he wanted to find Roxas and Xion.

He wanted to be at ease.

((OOC: Feel free to notice/bump into one hotheaded redhead tromping through the tower!))

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Nope, Reno never really came up to the First Dorm unless it was for the explicit purpose of using the elevator down to the Cafeteria, which he only took with reluctance for the speed of getting down there. Elevators. They were his bane in life.

While waiting for it to open, he took a look around at the first floor, mostly out of boredom.

Ah, that guy. That can't be...

"Axel?"

Any form of transportation other than Portals were the bane of his existence, really. At least since he became a Nobody, because, really, who wouldn't have wanted to teleport places? It sure cut time in half. Not to mention it kept baddies out of the way, at least for a while.

So a Corridor it was. Axel simply opened one up as he headed out his door and shortly after appeared not too far from the elevators where Reno stood. Banishing the Portal with a dismissive wave, he turned to start making his way along the opposite hallway before suddenly he heard his name and paused to glance over his shoulder.

... Ok. This was weird.

Brow raised, Axel turned halfway back around to stare at Reno, completely and utterly perplexed. He might have been ok with just the outfit and the hair color, but this guy happened to sound like him, too. So, yeah. What?

"Do I know you?"

Aah, dammit. His hopes died before they even began, really. Not that he wasn't really surprised. People had a habit of disappearing and then coming back with no memory.

Just meant another universe had died.

Axel had good reason to be perplexed though. After months of living in the Tower and not having the proper styling products, Reno's hair was overgrown and hanging loose. He looked like less-spiky twin.

"Yes and no. Another you was here before. I got to know him and Xion kinda well. Nice to meet ya again."

The whole messy look was just fine and dandy by Axel's standards. Weird, but, hey, it wasn't his hair, right? So he didn't have to worry about it. ... Unless someone happened to mistake them for the same person. Then it might pose a slight problem.

Considering his words, Axel tilted his head a bit. Another... him? What did that even mean?

He would have asked about it had Xion not been mentioned. Immediately his attitude became more serious. "Xion is here?"

Making a slight face, he tilted his head. That wasn't quite the reaction he had been expecting.

"Yeah. She's been here for months. Poor kid's really missed you."

Months? But how could-? Confused, Axel shook his head slightly. Sure, he got the message from the note in his room earlier, but that didn't clarify much of anything either.

"How could she be here for months? I just saw her a-" Axel paused. Like Mr. Alter Ego here would understand any of that. "Never mind." With that he looked down the hall again.

"Where is she?"

"Axel, the one you saw recently isn't the same one. This place's... it takes people from a lot of different universes. So take it easy on her. She probably ain't even from the same time line as you." He could read between the lines, there. At least he liked to think he got to know the other Axel pretty well.

"She'll be glad to see ya, just... don't say anything bad, all right? Last thing she needs is her best buddy telling her she isn't the right Xion." And he didn't think much of Rat for that, either. "She's been goin' through a lot lately." And mostly because of him. He did blame himself for that, but he was damned if he let Riku or anyone else for that matter know it.

"Her room's the first one on this floor, but she's probably not there right now."

While Axel could understand the whole universe thing, the concept of different timelines was harder for him to grasp. Sure, time could pass differently depending on the World, but he had just seen Xion. How could she be anywhere else, doing anything else?

Axel was silent in thought. Ok. Xion was here, good. But the question was where? Regardless on what timeline they were both from, he needed to see her. To talk, to- He didn't even know what he would do first and that bothered him.

"... Right," he said eventually with a heavy sigh and back once again turned to Reno. "Thanks for the tip." What he said or what he did wasn't this guy's business as far as Axel was concerned.

Typical Axel-response. But there was something off here... the guy seemed to have something other than the general Tower of Where the Hell Is This on his mind.

Fine, play it that way. Reno was going to mess with him a little. "Not even gonna ask me my name? Tch. Rude. It's Reno...." he paused for effect, folding his arms, "got it memorized?"

Axel would totally be justified in smacking him for that one.

Reno would be right in assuming that. In fact, there were quite a few somethings going around in his head right now with the Tower relatively low on his list. But no one had to know that, not like it would be difficult for anyone to figure out, really.

Axel was ready to keep walking even after he heard the guy's name, but-- Oh hell no.

Ok. He was going to turn around now and give Reno another look. Well, at least he knew he really had been here before, but not being able to remember it is a little more than disconcerting. "Reno," he repeated with a nod. "... We'll have to talk more about this later." Seriously, was there a relative he was never introduced to somewhere?

It is way worse than you think, buddy. He could have said Axel and given him something to REALLY look grumpy about... but even Reno figured that was pushing it. A mischievous grin met Axel's look, and he fully intended on talking later on. "Sure thing. Floor 38. I run a bar down there."

Yeah, that wouldn't have ended well for either of them.

For now, though, Reno was pretty safe. Whether he would really show up later to talk to the guy was anyone's guess, but Axel did commit that location to memory, thanks, and once again nodded in confirmation. "What, you gonna be hanging out there all day?"

Oh, that was really, really tempting. Between training classes, washing windows (yep, he was still doing that), foraging in the islands for things to make booze or eat, and tending the bar a few hours, his days were full. And it didn't stop.

Shiva's tits. Just toss it all out the window and let the others deal with it. What could the drones do to him? Kill him?

"...I might."

Yeah, probably. But then he'd just come back to life later, right?

"Don't wait up for too long, though." Whether or not he'd go to the bar to talk to Reno again depended entirely on if he would find Xion, what would happen between them, and if he would manage to find a way out of this place. Yeah, he was still stubborn about leaving. Sue him.

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