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[sitarwithmytoes.livejournal.com]

[look who's sitting unconscious against the wall, drenched in water]

[after a moment of silence, he squints his closed eyes and picks his head up from its nod]

[eyes open slowly, taking in his surroundings - he has a headache at his temple, a familiar pain, but the throbbing that followed was, of course, absent]

[breathes out his mouth in worried disbelief, sits up a bit, the wet leather of his coat scrunches]

Oh... heck.

{ooc: omggg it's a return to the DR.}

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[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

Been here before?

[this Larxene was around when he was here last, but the almost-year-old baby with her wasn't.]

[sitarwithmytoes.livejournal.com]

[presses a hand against the wall as he stands up, dripping water]

Oh yeah... I lived here.

[Larxene? Been a while since he's seen her. It's a strange comfort.]

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

No one gets away for long.

[sitarwithmytoes.livejournal.com]

Been pretty long for me...

[steps closer to her] Whose baby is that? [Can't be hers.]

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[>B|]

Mine.

[Akane doesn't know Demyxes! She stares at him.]

[sitarwithmytoes.livejournal.com]

[eyebrows shoot up]

Woah!

How'd you manage that?

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[deadpan]

The normal way.

[sitarwithmytoes.livejournal.com]

Huh. Wouldn't have guessed.

[grins, waves at the baby]

Who's the dad, then?

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[Akane coos and flails her arms a little. Yay, attention!]

And why should I tell you? Go on, give it a guess.

[sitarwithmytoes.livejournal.com]

[smiles at the baby, looks up at Larxene]

Um...

[looks closer at the baby's face]

...Xaldin?

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[Larxene makes a face]

Ew, no.

[sitarwithmytoes.livejournal.com]

I dunno, the eyes- Okay, that was silly, even for you.

...Marluxia?

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[that fleeting frown on her lips might say a lot.]

No.

[sitarwithmytoes.livejournal.com]

[I'm-at-a-loss sort of hopeless look]

Um.

I give up.

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[dramatic facepalm]

Then you don't need to know.

[sitarwithmytoes.livejournal.com]

[andddd it dawns on him - but it's not the realization that's shocking, it's the person it reminds him of.]

Axel!

It's Axel! [and suddenly things are frantic]

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

[slow clap]

You got it. What are you so excited about?

[sitarwithmytoes.livejournal.com]

[relaxes just a bit, he seems to understand how helpless the situation is] ... I just wish I knew how long I've been gone.

That's all.

[smiles at the baby] I can see the resemblance now, though.

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

Yeah. You see it so well you thought she was Xaldin's.

[Akane's loving the attention regardless of whose he thinks she is]

[sitarwithmytoes.livejournal.com]

[laughs] Sorry...

How old is she? Did you have her in the dressing room? [hoping for a ballpark figure for how long he's been gone]

[lightning-larx.livejournal.com]

Eleven months, and yes.

[- holycrap Akane's almost a year old. Where'd the past year go?]

[sillywaterboy.livejournal.com]

...

[And this is when he has to do a double-take.]

[sitarwithmytoes.livejournal.com]

[looks up at his double, eyes focusing on him]

Oh, hi.

[yeah, definitely back in the dressing room.]

[sillywaterboy.livejournal.com]

...Hello.

[Don't mind him. He's just circling around you, inspecting you.]