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[ The more things change, the more they stay the same, and things are changing. It's a bit like falling into Wonderland. For those from a universe where 'Ansem' destroyed entire worlds, they might it find familiar, reminiscent of the dark outskirts of the worlds leftover. Soras, especially, will find the way they scatter and melt into nothing familiar. The entire dressing room is shrinking. As the worlds unmerge and become their own, disconnected from the makeshift world around them, things are reverting back to how they were. The outermost walls of the apartment building are expanding, the actual apartments themselves shifting around like a Rubik's Cube, down one, to the side, turning in place. Some go tumbling like a box kicked down a flight of stairs. Houses are sliding closer, squashed together, yards shrinking to fit a uniform length.

When things stop and the dust settles, most people will find the result just as familiar. Anyone who's been here longer than a year surely will. We're back to the original layout of the dressing room; the endless apartments. There's no end in sight, but there's also no roof, and the hallways aren't pristine. Most of them look the same, or similar enough, but they still seem outdoors. Concrete sidewalks and round stone walkways in dirt roads, desert passages made of sand and stone, grassy halls lined with vines and flowers up doorframes, or wet, murky swamps with steps leading up to rooms. There are halls for where people live, but they're virtually indistinguishable from the other halls. The rooms where nothing is predictable. The houses are all along the same 'hall', winding in a large curve back to the main room, which is where all of the halls can be accessed, the main kitchen, and special doors to go to each and every World. All that remains from before is the river, winding through the halls.

Trams still run along the outskirts, because no matter how cluttered and tight things are again, the place really is endless.

And everywhere, everywhere there are colorful bubbles floating through the air, across water, even stuck in trees. Some are clear, some filled with colored smoke, and some dripping. They crackle like glass and burst into nothing when touched, hitting the one responsible for popping them with a spell. It's the New Year, after all. Has to start off with a bang. ]

{ ooc ; Happy New Year, DR! It was voted on a while back on LJ, and now it's happening. Maybe this fresh start (in more ways than one!) will stir in a little more life. As with tradition, spells are recycled during the New Year, so! The available spells to hit your character with are:

- age character up or down
- character speaks only the truth
- character becomes an animal or has animal traits
- fear spell (character undergoes their worst fears)
- love arrows (causes the character to fall in love with the first person they see)
- aphrodisiac (character becomes unbearably aroused, and stays that way without the help of another person)
- alignment swap (good becomes bad, bad becomes good, grey areas are up to you)
- power swap (element changes to opposite, or switches abilities with another character)
- body swap (two characters swap bodies)
- sex swap (physical sex changes)

Expect more spells soon! }

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Axel!

[looks like Nami's somewhere nearby, calling for him. he'd already been on his way over as soon as the changes hit, chancing a portal because he's still fairly sore from his run-in with Larxene. he heard those strange noises as soon as he'd gotten out of the portal, and they've got him worried. he's feeling pretty uncomfortable right now otherwise, as shortly after exiting the portal he ran face first into a bubble on turning a corner, which seems to have struck him with an aphrodisiac.]

[one of the bellows cuts off in a shrill noise as he gets ambushed by his hallucinations and fights them off so he can escape. once he's free, they all vanish again, and he coils up right where he is to try and calm down, calling again when he's caught his breath. you'll have to remember his hearing isn't that good, Nami. at least he's staying put for the moment.]

[he follows the sounds quickly, ignoring the pain that comes with running for now. he'll call out again a few times as he goes, too.]

[he finally hears Nami as he gets closer, and straightens up a little to try and figure out where he is.]

Nami? I am here!

Hold on, Axel!

[he sounds kind of pained there, kind of breathless. running only a few days after being stabbed in the back isn't the greatest idea.]

[when Nami gets to him, he'll be curled up against the front of a building, looking wild-eyed and panting from stress and fright. he clearly thinks there's something out there more powerful than him that's also trying to kill him. at least Nami's condition will help distract him.]

Axel?

[he slows as he gets closer, having to stop for a moment because of the pain.]

[he uncurls a bit when he sees that Nami's in pain for some reason, but still glances cautiously up and down the street before completely uncoiling to come and meet Nami.]

You are hurt, what happened?

Someone was lurking in the apartments waiting for people to hurt. Unfortunately, they knew me, and they weren't pleased that I got a heart for Christmas.

[Axel was most likely informed about that in the time between when it happened and when he got attacked.]

It's not that bad. Kai healed a lot of it for me, it's just leftover swelling and soreness.

[being kicked in the mouth was not fun. neither was having his head bashed against the wall several times. also the stabbing. :(]

[well, hopefully Nami won't mind if Axel curls around him and gets his arms around as well, and then attempts to carefully pull him back into the shade of the building where they'll be safe, even though he doesn't actually sense any of the hunters around right now. better safe than sorry, right?]

I am ssorry. I assssume your family hasss been taking care of you, though.

Yes. Kai only let me out of his sight because of the change.

[he knew Nami would want to check on Axel, after all.]

[he's still looking and acting pretty fearful, scenting the air and sounding distracted when he responds to Nami.]

I am glad you came to find me, I wasss very disssoriented when it happened.

[if he's scenting the air, he'll probably be able to catch Nami's involuntary arousal. he's not talking about it at all, because it is so many kinds of awkward.]

I thought you might be. To make things worse, there are... the bubbles that are around, they've got spells inside them.

[he jumps at a noise that may just be in his imagination, and pulls Nami closer, protectively, and attempts to herd him towards a nearby side street. he's only barely registered the arousal, as he's too distracted with his own fear.]

There wasss one outsside my den, it hit my facsse. Hurry, we need to get off thiss road.

Have you felt any different since then?

[it's not one of the physical spells, certainly, or he'd have noticed. he lets himself be herded, however, as Axel does seem pretty spooked.]

No, but there are huntersss around who have been sstalking me sssince I left my den. They are sstill around, I can sssmell them.

[he pulls Nami into the side street, which is narrow and shaded, and he manages to relax a little.]

[he looks around automatically at the mention of hunters, concerned.]

We should find somewhere they can't get in, in that case. A building.

[even Nami should connect walking into a bubble + mention of hunters when like two people live in Radiant Garden = not real. he looks hesitant at the idea at first, because that would basically be cornering himself, but he'd certainly be able to outlast any humans, plus it would be warmer inside. the only thing that's kept him from slowing down already is his panic.]

...alright. Hopefully there is ssomething nearby.

[yeah, it's already connecting in his head. he's thinking of telling Axel about Kai and the dinosaurs from his run-in with a fear spell once they're somewhere safer.]

[it might make him feel a bit better to know that, yes. I can't remember, were the dinosaurs real for that or did Kai just think they were? anyway, leading the way down the narrow street, and after a minute or two he finds an unmarked door that he opens cautiously. it seems to be the back room of a shop of some sort.]

Thiss looksss alright.

Then let's stay here for now.

[they were real, mostly. they were solid, and could do damage to their surroundings, but if he'd actually been caught they wouldn't have done anything aside from maybe make him pass out so he didn't realize they weren't actually something to be afraid of.]

[oic. he goes into the building, whisking his tail in after him so it's not in Nami's way, and immediately curls up in the closest corner. he still looks fearful, but is already calming now that he's indoors and is a bit warmer.]

[Nami settles near him, ignoring his own problems for now and placing a hand on Axel's tail somewhere.]

I think I know what happened when that bubble hit you.

[men and women everywhere salute Nami for having the fortitude to ignore an arousal spell for this long. Axel settles a bit more at the touch to his tail, and stops glancing warily around the room to look at Nami instead.]

What wasss it?

A while back, there was a spell that made everyone's worst fears come to life. Kai got hit by it, is how I know.