Mephistopheles is just beneath, and he's reaching up to grab me

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[If Riku's in their room, he'll probably smell the darkness before the portal appears, through it falling a whimpering, bleeding figure. A rather familiar redhead, actually. Dying again, it would seem. His stomach is sliced open, the wound clearly ravaged beyond that, what's left of his torn entrails visible. He lands on his hands and knees, coughing up blood, his breathing ragged, then makes a surprising attempt to get to his feet. Dizziness washes over him in waves, the pain dulling just slightly as his senses shut down, his body going into shock. He's dying, and he knows it. It's even more obvious with the darkness rising off him like sparks off a disturbed fire. It's a fate he seems to be trying to fight, though...]


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[Riku is actually in the room, or the bathroom to be exact, just having showered, the door was open and he was tugging a comb through his hair. The smell of the darkness wasn't enough to make him turn - he figured it was Axel - but the whining noise was. Riku froze when he noticed all the blood. It took him a moment to force himself to move, grabbing Axel by the shoulders to steady the attempt to stand.]

Shit, what the hell happened to you?

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[He hadn't really planned on Riku being there and is surprised to see him, even more surprised to find the silver-haired male helping him. Perhaps its just his deep-rooted paranoia, but he had to question for a moment if this was even the same Riku.]

Saix-- [Axel tries to explain, blood choking him.] Had a knife... Nnn, it hurts...

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[Riku may not really like Axel much, but come on. He couldn't ignore someone who had been gutted. Not even Axel.]

Standing isn't going to help. [He pulls Axel over to the bed, hooking his arms under the other's legs and shoulders to lift him just enough to rest him on the bed.]

Do you have anything in here that can heal this?

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[The forced movement makes him cry out, struggling a little against it.] Th-there should be some--Nn...

F-fuck, it doesn't matter. I'm dying...

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[He puts Axel down as carefully as he can, tugging at a blanket to wrap tightly around Axel's torso. It might slow the bleeding, at least a little.]

... What do you want me to do, then?

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Potions. Under the bed... [Dying, sure, but as a renewed wave of pain sweeps through him, he doesn't care anymore, he wants it to stop, and call it instinct that has him fighting it.]

F-f-fuck... [Trembling, he writhes, clutching at his torn abdomen.]

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Right. [It might at least make it less painful. Riku stoops down, fishing as many potions as he can grab out from under the bed and setting them on the nightstand next to the bed. Once he stands back up, he grabs Axel's shoulders to stop him from thrashing.]

You're going to make it worse, stop moving. Can you drink these? [Grabbing one of those potions, he opens it, waiting for Axel to tell him what to do.]

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[Axel has a hard time lying still, but tries to force himself to relax. He finds he has a hard time focusing on the potion bottle in Riku's hand but reaches for it anyway, tipping it into his mouth. It burns going down, though, and he gags, coughing and letting out a frustrated scream.] No! It's pointle--nnn... pointless...

[He drops the bottle to look at his hand.] M'fading...

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[He didn't think so. He moves the bottle off the bed, sitting down next to Axel, hands moving back to rest on the Nobody's shoulders. Too bad he didn't have any kind of pain killers...]

... Is there anything you want me to do? I can't heal you, but....

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I don't think--ah--there's anything you can do...

[Fading faster, now, darkness swirling around him]

Hmph... [He manages a smirk, though it's a visibly pained one, waving that hand he'd been inspecting and letting it fall to his side.] Seeya.

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I'm sorry. Really... I'm sorry I can't do anything for you.

[The hands on Axel's shoulders squeeze the fading body under them. It was strange, just watching someone fading away and not being able to do anything about it.]

You had better come back. I don't want to be stuck in this hell-hole alone with my sixteen year old self.

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Deal with it, jackass. [It hurts again, and he expresses this with a weak cry. It seems even in death the universe can't give him a break. After a moment of fighting to take another breath, he stills and the life leaves his eyes, darkness sweeping in mercifully to leave nothing behind but the blood on the bedsheets.]

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[Riku just removes his hands once Axel stops breathing, letting the body fade into darkness. He just sat there for a moment, before standing and pulling the bloodied sheets off the bed. Might as well try and clean them while the blood was fresh...]