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?

Comments

[contract_star]

[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...]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[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?

[contract_star]

[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.

[contract_star]

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?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[Huh? Roxas looks slightly uncomfortable. It's like the Destiny Islands all over again...]

I... don't think so.

[contract_star]

[Hei stares at him a moment longer, then shakes his head.] Deja vu, I guess.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[Small laugh.] That happens. I've just got one of those faces, I guess.

[contract_star]

[Faint smile.] That must be it.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[He smiles back.]

So... this place is just some sort of.. "between" for worlds?

[contract_star]

You could say that, yeah. Everyone here is from a different world, just about. And time stops when you're here, so you can go back and no one will have missed you.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Huh... so it's not really like space.

[As if breathable atmosphere and an invisible ground wasn't enough of a hint.]

[contract_star]

No, not really.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Weird.

[contract_star]

It is, but you get used to it pretty quickly.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Yeah. The people here seem nice, at least.

[contract_star]

They are, for the most part. [Pause, and his tone becomes slightly more serious.] Just look out for anyone calling himself the Master. There's two of them, and they're dangerous.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[Hei, you don't know what you're doing. This is the shounen hero!] ... Dangerous?

[contract_star]

[Pfft.] Very much so. Try to avoid them.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

What do they do?

[contract_star]

They kill people, for one.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Wh-what? Why!?

[contract_star]

I don't know. Their reasoning changes.