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Axel || VIII ([personal profile] flared) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2012-11-10 11:42 pm

001 || Open

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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[personal profile] attheclocktower 2012-11-16 09:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Xion hears him, looks around frantically for a glimpse of Axel or... had there been another person? She hadn't paid close enough attention to the sounds to be sure-

The faintest of whispers, a brush against the back of her hand. Xion jumps, looks around, sees no one.]


Axel?

[Except she can't see him, and with as angry as he was he wouldn't go around doing the whole 'tap on the shoulder than run to the other side' trick.]

Wh-who's there?

[This is wrong. This is bad. She has to get out of here. There's an object glowing nearby, and the faint light of the stairs in the distance.

She doesn't know what to trust.

Another brush, against her shoulder, some more whispers. Letting out a quiet noise Xion heads for the glowing object, picks it up, sees the writing and reads it. A moment, later, she drops the flashlight like a hot coal, disturbing another series of whispers and a ghost of sensation against the back of her scalp.]


G-go to the stairs. Don't... don't do anything, just go to them!

[And whoever's whispering please stop]
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[personal profile] derping 2012-11-17 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Ow...

[That's probably the first noise anyone has heard out of Sora since the stairs collapsed, because he's still trying to shake off that sudden fall. Nothing feels broken or anything, thankfully, but he'll probably be hurting later. Someone needs to learn Aerial Recovery already.

But the creepy whispers and the general bad feeling about this place are enough to tell Sora that he probably doesn't want to hang around for very long...and, more importantly, neither should Xion, or that guy...hadn't his name been Axel, or something? It had been awhile since they met, so Sora wasn't completely sure. Though both of them seem two steps ahead of him right now.

Once he's up and moving around, he notices the dim lights - one from the center of the room, and one from the stairs. He's about to go check out the one in the room, but Xion beats him to it.

Head for the stairs? That sounded like as good of a plan as any.]


Where are you guys, anyway? I can't see a thing.

[Though he's not sure if he wants to see what - if anything - he just felt brush against one of his arms. Or whatever else is there, because it felt like there was something. Or maybe lots of somethings.

Considering what "something" usually meant in this place, he hoped he was wrong about that.]
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[personal profile] attheclocktower 2012-11-24 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
[As soon as Xion hears the other voice, she freezes. No... no no no why did it have to be Sora? Why did he have to follow them down and now he was trapped here too where it wasn't safe and... and...

Axel's instructions interrupt her train of thought.]


O-okay.

[Xion stumbles forward towards the distant light of the stairs, but there's voices echoing, all around her. Whispering... breathing... she couldn't make it out.]

Did you say something? [More whispers] Sora? Axel?

[And then it feels like she's bumped into someone as she's walking, and she darts sideways, only to brush into more and more things. She turns around, in a circle, searching sightlessly for someone, anyone.

Someone touches the back of her head and she turns. She's lost sight of the stairs by now. She needs to find them she has to get out. There's another whisper in her ear, accompanied by the sensation of someone breathing in it. She jerks away, turning around and stepping towards the stairs again.]


Stop it, please stop it!

[Her voice is getting more and more frenzied. She doesn't know who it is, who or what is doing this but it's making her feel more and more panicked the longer she stays here. The fact that she'd already been upset when she'd fallen onto this floor was just making everything worse.]
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[personal profile] derping 2012-11-26 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
[If it wasn't for the fact that Sora was alone right now, he probably would have been pretty freaked out. Not that he wasn't, what with all the noises and weird things he kept feeling brush against his skin, but having other people around gave him a way to remind himself that he had to focus on a goal, even something as simple as making sure to get to the stairs. It was a huge help, and even though he was sure that Axel couldn't see him, Sora nodded at his words.

He just hoped that Xion and Axel got there okay, too.

It would be okay, he tried to tell himself. Nothing had hurt him yet, and he was pretty sure that everyone else was still alright, too. But...would something try to hurt them?

It was probably a good idea to not think about that. They were better off not waiting long enough to find out.

He kept taking steps toward the staircase in the distance, listening for the sounds of his friends. Instead he heard whispers, and weird sounds that almost seemed like voices but probably weren't, and he was about to tune them out altogether when he heard a voice that was for sure Xion's. She sounded really scared, and he wished that he could see well enough to find her. Or at all.]


Just ignore it, Xion! We've gotta meet up at the stairs, okay?