one flame ☆ one lock

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[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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[Hei feels like he vaguely remembers them.] Hello. Ah...welcome to the Astral Plane.

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[Axel... doesn't.]

Thanks. You get visitors a lot, then? Oughtta look into setting up some kind of tour office.

[contract_star]

[Eyebrow raise.] I don't exactly run this place.

... I missed this tag. /is fail

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Who does?

FAIL......jk ilu

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The Twins do. You probably saw them--the ones in the shop? And Meredith Sault, though she doesn't come around as much. This whole thing is an experiment they're running. And we're the guinea pigs.

THIS IS WHY DJ ALWAYS GOES FIRST. LOL.

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Oh, those freaky twins? They're...

[That earns Hei a long stare... and then a facepalm.]

I thought we were done with the weirdos. What a drag.

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[Slight smirk.] Used to it?

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately. Makes for some good stories later, though.

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Depends on how long you have to wait to look back and laugh.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

Hopefully not too long. Misery's contagious.

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[Bitter little chuckle.] Very much so.

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Right, so. I'm Axel, and the kid with bedhead is my friend Roxas. Nice to meetcha.

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I'm Hei. Nice to meet you too.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks. [Kinda awkward. Hm.] Weird name for a world... guess it fits, though.

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World? Well...actually, this place is between worlds, you could say. It's more of a crossroads than anything. But you can go home just by thinking it.

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Between worlds? Like... the End of the World!?

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[Wat.] Wha...no, it's not the end of the world. Calm down, okay?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[It's a place in the first game. >:]

I didn't mean—it doesn't look like it. I know. But... last time all the worlds got together like that, it was bad news.

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[Hee funnest part of the game amirite?]

Well, I'm never exactly sure if this place qualifies as "good news," but it doesn't mean the world is ending. Any world. [Though there was that one time when the Machine broke...]

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[To be honest, it's all a vague blur at this point...]

Good... I'd rather not deal with all of that again. But why isn't this place good news?

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[Yeah, I actually remember KH2 better at this point.]

It's not really good news or bad news. It...just is. It has good aspects and bad.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[S-same.]

Oh... That makes sense.

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Just be careful around here and you should be fine. Oh...I'm Hei, by the way. And you?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

I'm always careful. [—LAWL.]

It's nice to meet you, Hei. I'm Roxas.

[contract_star]

...Roxas? [Why does that name sound familiar? He frowns a little.] Have we met before?