one flame ☆ one lock

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[Two teenage delinquents appear on the Plane. The tallest one stands out quite a bit due to his crazy red hair and an equally crazy coat that could pass for punk. The shorter one looks slightly more tame, though his blond hair is quite spiky.]

I don't know how he got the recipe, but you have to... [Axel stops and looks around.] ... I didn't do it.

[Roxas also pauses in his "listening" and looks around. Then he gives Axel a skeptical look.] You sure about that? Looks like just your kind of place.

Don't get me wrong, I love the night life... but this isn't where we were going, Roxas. And we didn't walk through any portals.

Yeah... Actually, it kind of reminds me of someplace I've been before, too. I thought that was just a dream...?

[That earns Roxas a slightly questioning look, then it's gone and the normal goofball Axel is back in place-- at least for the moment.] Why don't we find out? Hellooo~~~! Is anyone there?

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[madamemoiselle]

{Oh hey Roxas. Diva remembers you. Seeing as she killed the first one and everything.}

Ah! Roxas, isn't it? I haven't seen you in a long time. I thought you had left!

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[srsly? dfhsdkln Wat.]

Huh? You know me...?

[madamemoiselle]

{lol yes :'D}

Oh, of course! I wouldn't have thought that you would have forgotten me.

{Unless...} Ah, you're another one?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry... I think you must have me confused for someone else.

[—wait.] "Another one"?

[madamemoiselle]

Oh, no, it's definitely the same face, at least.

{Smiles} But the "another one" part, that's part of what his place is! I guess if you don't remember me, then you're new after all.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

... Okay, you lost me. This is my first time here, but you say you've met me before? Or... someone with my face.

[madamemoiselle]

Well, let's just start at the beginning, I guess.

{Thoughtfully, counting off her fingers} This place is called the Astral Plane. It's a crossroad of realities, so you have all kinds of people here. And part of that is what I meant. There can be more than one version of a person here. Like there's a few versions of one person here, so I guess that's what it's like for you. You can leave by thinking about it, and...

I think that's it.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Crossroad of realities? Like... well, I guess it is like space.

[Thoughtful for a moment.] I don't really get it, the "other me" thing, but I'll take your word for it. You seem to know more about this place than I do.

[madamemoiselle]

Well, the other you, he didn't have the same sound. Your heart, I mean.

{She smiles} My name is Diva, by the way.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

My heart? [Slight glance down to said object.] Sound...?

Oh, yeah. It's nice to meet you, Diva. I'm Roxas... but I guess you knew that already.

[madamemoiselle]

I can hear it. I have very sensitive ears.

{Curtsies politely} It's very nice to meet you anyways, Roxas.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

That's pretty cool. What does it sound like?

[A curtsy? fdshlk make him feel middle-class, why don't you. He blinks, and half-bows back?]

[madamemoiselle]

Uhm...It's hard to describe. I mean, you've probably heard your heart before, right? But to me, it's a warm sound. It's soft, just loud enough for me to hear without being too loud.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[... Whoa lady. Just. /Whoa/.]

He's been here before?

[madamemoiselle]

{Nods}

I think so. Ah, unless...Well, sometimes different versions of the same person can come here, so he might be another, I suppose.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

Different versions? [Axel runs his hand through his hair.] And you knew him as Roxas?

[madamemoiselle]

{Nods}

I thought so.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

Huh. [Whatever concern was in his mind disappears.] Is that unique to this world, then?

[madamemoiselle]

Oh, this really isn't a world. I don't think so anyways. It's like a place where worlds come together, really.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

A crossroad sort of world? Wouldn't be the first time, I guess. How do we get home?

[madamemoiselle]

Just think about it! That part is easy.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

Think about it? Like --

[pop

... pop]

Oh. Well, that's convenient.

[madamemoiselle]

It is pretty useful! Ah, but I guess that's the most important thing about the Astral Plane. And time doesn't pass while you're here.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

Time doesn't pass at all? Guess it's not like a dream...

[madamemoiselle]

Nope! Well, except one time, but the machine was broken, so that was different.