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[flared]

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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[flared]

People didn't know this about Axel by just looking at him, but he was into reading himself when he needed to do something other than sleep and eat in his spare time. Sometimes he would read stupid things, sure, but other times it was nice to pick up a novel and spare a few hours skimming through it. His interest was nowhere near hers, however, just from the sound of things alone.

"You solved a murder mystery with books?" he asked, his smile still present and eyebrow cocked in slight interest.

[tohko_amano]

Tohko nervously chuckled. "Books, wits, and a bit of luck. To be honest, my friend gathered most of the information. I just managed to piece it all together. However, we did solve it..and I helped save the client from killing herself using nothing but books."

Normally Tohko wouldn't refer to Chia as 'the client' and would go in to more detail about this, but if she did, it would be rude to Chia. Besides, if Chia showed up and Tohko blabbed, there was no way Chia could live with a smashed mask.

[flared]

"Did that happen here?" She had mentioned things about monsters, after all. Something like murder must have been easy to commit here if that was the case. Boy. What a lovely vacation spot he happened to be sent to.

[tohko_amano]

Tohko shook her head. "No..that actually all happened back home. Sorry. I wasn't really clear with that." It was probably a good thing her friends weren't here-it would be all too easy for Chia to kill herself here, and she wouldn't wish all the monsters and twisted games on her friends and family.

While she did want to see them again, she had friends here. She could cope.

[flared]

"Ah." Still, that didn't eliminate the possibility of murders going on here, right? Hm. Axel just needed to stop being paranoid and over thinking things. Right now he just needed to focus on getting out. Thinking it, he turned to look down the hall in front of him again.

"Were you... on your way to do something or-?" Casual conversation with new people, what is that.

[tohko_amano]

Tohko chuckled. "No. I was just walking around, writing down a story for a friend of mine. I just finished cleaning up the library, so I was walking back while writing." Tohko scratched her head for a moment. "How about you? Any place you were looking for? Other than home, of course."

Axel seemed a little awkward in his speech, but Tohko couldn't really blame him. He'd been ripped from his home and thrust into this Tower of horrors, not knowing whether his world was safe or not. She hadn't really been in the best of shape after hearing that news either.

[flared]

Writing and cleaning up a library. She really was a book girl.

Axel continued to look down the hallway before he responded. "I'm looking for someone. That's all." He didn't want to give away too much information. This was his business and his business alone.

[tohko_amano]

Tohko nodded. She understood. She'd tried to find Konoha when she first came here. "If you tell me your friends name or what they look like, I could tell you whether I've seen them or not."

[flared]

This was exactly what he wanted to avoid telling her. Even if he told her what Xion looked like and it turned out she was here... did he really want to see her in the first place? Something told him their confrontation would not be a pretty one.

Regardless. He had business to take care of. "She wears a black cloak like mine and she's short. About up to here." He gestured with his hand, bringing it up to about his shoulder length.

[tohko_amano]

Hmm. No name. While it was hard to draw any conclusions from that, it was a little weird. Maybe his friend didn't have one? Or maybe she had so many names that listing them all would take time?

Tohko nodded. "I'm sorry. I haven't seen anyone around here like that..but if I do bump into them, I'll drag them straight to you, alright?"

[flared]

Axel nodded at that before he started to walk around her and down the hall once more. "... Thanks," he muttered over his shoulder. Axel doubted he would need her help in finding Xion with his senses, but... the sentiment was nice, he supposed.

[tohko_amano]

Tohko smiled and waved.

"No problem. If you need anymore help, let me know."

Since the guy was going back to wandering, Tohko kept walking toward her dorm room, scribbling as she went. Axel seemed like a nice guy. A little awkward, but not a bad person by any means. Hopefully he'd find his friend.