kingdomdressing | It's been a long time.

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It's been a long time.

[He certainly never would have believed it if he someone told him that he'd have another chance to be on his own. Yet, here is he seated atop the clock tower looms over station plaza with the sun setting in the distance, or is it rising? The wind is cool on his back, but it's not cold enough to make him want to pull up the hood of his heavy coat. Unsure if this is just another dream or reality he waits.]

(OOC: Old muse is old and rusty, but nothing special about this Roxas, he's just normal old Roxas who's from the end of KHII and he's been asleep in my head for a very very long time.)

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[this hooded figure walks to the ledge of the clock tower only to plop down beside roxas and stare out at the sky, not uttering a word.]

...

[oh, look. it's offering a bar of sea salt ice cream to roxas without so much as looking at him, and it's keeping another for itself.]

Xion.

[she takes a bite of her ice cream while roxas takes the first taste of his. when he acknowledges her, she lowers the ice cream from her mouth, holding it out over her knees as if she doesn't really intend to finish it anytime soon.]

You remember.

[there's a hint of surprise in that statement.]

In a manner of speaking...

I've had some time to catch up on a few things.

It's been a while.

It has been.

[closing her eyes, she bows her head and lets out a soft sigh. she's silent for a moment but then lifts her head, turning her face to give him a small smile.]

Tell me... Do you really remember me, or do you only know what others have told you?

I remember, but there was a time I didn't. This place is strange.

You should have told me what you were planning.

[now she looks away to her ice cream, her smile fading.]

You would never have agreed to it.

[she peeks up at him out of the corner of her eye.]

Would you have?

No.

We could've figured something out.

[she grants him a genuine smile for that.]

We were out of time, and it was what was best for everyone. It wasn't the end, Roxas. You and Axel...you'll always be my best friends.

Best for Sora.

We deserved to have our own lives too.

[Roxas isn't the only one who wouldn't believe something like a second chance. But all the same, there's a familiar lanky figure that rounds the corner into view. He might have been hoping he wouldn't be the only one there. He's pleasantly surprised when he isn't. And that might be an understatement as he lowers his hood. Walking past Roxas all nonchalant as he takes a seat at his usual spot, the only words he manages to get out being all but nostalgic.]

You're early.

Or maybe you're just late.

[That earns a hint of a laugh as he leans forward slightly. In times like this, being reunited with your best friend? Most would be so full of energy or at a loss of words in their relief. Things of that nature. And maybe somewhere on the inside, there's a torrent of that. But on the outside? Axel is calm, collected. Quirking one of those unreadable smiles of his.]

Hard to say. [And that might have a double meaning.]

So is this your next life?

[It's that smile, no matter how faint, that eases him if only on the inside. Just a slight bit of genuine amusement or at least an echo of it sneaks into his expression as he tucks out two bars of ice cream as per the usual ritual.]

Dunno. [He shrugs as he offers out one.] Though I never thought I'd be putting up with you again in it. [If it was. Yeah, he's not sure who Roxas isn't with Sora either. Not that he's complaining. He shouldn't be existing, so.]

After all that trouble you went trough...

that's what you're going to call it?

[He just shrugs all completely and utterly unaffected by that tone. Save perhaps for the way his grin is turning more and more bemused by the minute as he takes a good bite out of his ice cream.] It's not like I volunteered to take the zombie under my wing.

[And there's a hair ruffle and a smirk.] At least you learned fast. Taught you well.

Taught me how to slack off is more like it.

[Maybe the zombie comment was, but it doesn't seem like Axel's worried about that. Then again, he's a little too concentrated on the fact that he's getting punched. Once, twice, three times. Well, hey. Looks like you still have that mean right hook in tact. He'll resist rubbing his shoulder for the moment, the most Roxas has managed to get out of him being a single grunt the first time. Mostly out of surprise. It's only when Roxas finally seems satisfied that Axel leans back into his original position, having recoiled a little off to the side subconsciously while he had been used as a punching bag. Waving things off with a slightly indignant look.]

Hey, hey- Now I think you're getting me mixed up with Demyx. [Unless he's referencing the naps he liked to take which- hey. He likes his naps, thanks. They kept him functioning with all the headaches you gave him. ...That he definitely didn't instigate in the first place.

Shaking his head slightly, he muffles a chuckle with clearing of his throat.]

You're as bad as Sora...

Think the others are out there?

[Tch. Comparing him to Sora now, are we? Although that's some irony right there in itself. He just shakes his head again. Sora didn't go on missions day in, day out. At least not the Sora originally from the islands.

He takes another bite of his ice cream then- almost in unison. Enjoying the soft texture, the nip of the salt and the smooth sweetness. Shrugging mildly at Roxas' next question.] Who knows? They just might.

[Not that it's something he's immediately concerned about. Although maybe he should have been. But right now, it's him and Roxas on the clock tower having ice cream. This is their sanctuary and after being apart for so long, he doesn't feel like ruining the moment.]

Thank you.

[True enough. But then that seemed like it was a nature shared between the ~~three~~ two of them. Not that Axel would ever admit to it. Pssha, worry? Him?

That doesn't stop that gratitude from catching him off guard and he has to blink a second, let it sink in. He takes a moment to just stare at his ice cream- almost seeming like he didn't even register Roxas' words. But then he closes his eyes and any snark is momentarily lifted.] Like you have anything to thank me for.

[In the end, he still didn't stop him from leaving. And he couldn't stop him from going back to Sora either. As far as things went, he had failed twice over. Sometimes there was even this ghost feeling like it had been thrice, but then he would shake it off.]

That's not true at all...

You saved us.

[He doesn't really notice how close Roxas has gotten to him until he feels that hand over top of his. His first instinct is to pull away. Because him and personal space are best of friends and when someone else invades it, that just irks him a bit. He's the one that does the invading. Not the other way around- at least not usually. And it's a strange gesture in itself, too. Different from what he's used to. But it's Roxas, so he'll allow it if not a little stiffly.

Clearing his throat and shaking his head, he looks out to the sunset. Quiet. So he had. But only after being the cause of matters in the first place. But that's a detail he just decides to let go at that point. He doesn't have it in him to argue. Finally, coolly.]

So, I take it you found peace with him. Or something like that. [There's an awkward headscratch with his free hand. He never worried about that, nope.]

Maybe ... I guess ... I mean I wouldn't be me without him...

I'd still like to be just me.

[Maybe they have. It's hard to say. Maybe it was even a notion he caught onto in Twilight Town. Axel distinctly remembered scoffing when he had heard of a potential manipulation of Roxas' personality. Though admittedly, a lot of what made Roxas, Roxas had at least seemed to intact back then. He takes another nip of his ice cream and chews carefully before he gestures with the remains of it idly.]

And you aren't? [But he knows what he's talking about. And he knows it's something he wants, too. He's not even sure just how real this all is. He 'tch's to himself.] He's got a strange way of making things work. [Like how Sora kinda befuddled him at Castle Oblivion before. Hell, maybe this was even his doing. Pssha, him and his power of friendship. ...Guess he can't complain though.]

... maybe. Ah-!

[It's at that point that Axel really can't blame the guy. Because he's frustrated, too. He really would rather not have his best friend be manifested in Sora, kay thanks.

It's all but luck that something distracts Roxas. All this gloom and doom at this point is way past done, after all. So, he'll take that moment to chuckle at the kid. Just like old times. Thinking too much. Eating too little. Sometimes he wonders if there's a day Roxas will ever not do that to himself. Of course, he had noticed it, too. Would he have said anything about it? Nah. It's too priceless watching him like this.] Guess there's still some things you never memorized, eh?

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It's been a long time.

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Old muse meets fairly new one? =o?

Yes please.

Sweetness.

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...That icon. Just. L-LOL

I have more where that came from! My keywords are also amusing. ;D

|D;; It's fitting, definitely.

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And last tag for the night. o/

Enjoy your night, I'll be here.

o7 And morning~!

Quickie from me before work. :)

Right back at ya- before work no less. @@;

ugh looking back at my last post -- obvious typing in the morning is a bad idea. bad typos.