five locks.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ Roxas returns to the Plane after a fairly long absence. It's been a bit hectic visiting all those different worlds, after all. But he's here now.

He also happens to be a cartoon.

As soon as he appears, he brings one hand up to his chin, and rests his elbow on his other crossed arm. ]

Man... what's the King doing here? We're not in the castle anymore, but he seems to know what's going on, anyway... [ Please notice, his voice retains the tinny, muffled quality of all old cartoons. When he notices this, he looks down at himself in surprise. ]

Hey, this is...! What's going on here?

(ooc: I LIVE.)

Comments

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Paul could've been eaten by a monster. That place was practically crawling with them. In fact, when we found him, one tried to eat us!

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Wh-whoa... Sounds dangerous, all right... You're all okay, though?

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Y-yeah... Raine saved us. We couldn't do anything...

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

I'm glad she was there, then.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Me, too.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

... Hm. There was something I wanted to do when I saw you again... What was it?

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Something you wanted to do...? Really? I-I can't imagine what that'd be...

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, really. Just give me a minute. I'll remember!

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Um... okay. [... headscratch]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ THINKTHINKTHINK. Ignore that he's actually mimicking Pooh's stance at the moment. That's totally coincidence. ] Um... what I wanted to do was...

[pactum.livejournal.com]

[Emil just stands there like "?"]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ ... ]

Oh, that's it! Hold on a minute, okay?

[ poof ]

[pactum.livejournal.com]

W--

...

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ AAAND HE'S BACK, and holding something behind his back. ]

Bet you thought I wasn't going to actually get it, huh?

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Get what? [SO CONFUSED]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

This!

[ TA-DAAAAA it's a recipe book! :D ]

[pactum.livejournal.com]

[... It's a book. Emil kind of stares at it...]

It's a...

[A cookbook. Right.]

Y-you mean-- you got this? For me? But I don't have anything to give you!

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

So? [ He's still holding it out for Emil. ] I told you I'd get one for you, remember? I'm just sorry it took so long.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

[Emil can't remember ever getting a present from his aunt and uncle. Or even... Marta. There are bigger things to think about than presents and... stuff like that between friends. Emil takes it in slightly-shaking hands, his green eyes wide.]

I...

[What is he supposed to say?]

T-Thanks... Roxas. It's really... really great.

[He hugs the cookbook to his chest and tries not to cry.]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ Roxas seems a bit surprised by the reaction. He's not quite sure why the teen is reacting that way to receiving a cookbook of all things, but it seems really emotional for him. So... Roxas smiles. ]

What are friends for, huh?

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Y... yeah. What are friends for...

[He still looks like he's about to cry, so he clears his throat awkwardly and looks down.]

I-I should... pick something out of here and make it for you. Sometime.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

I'd like that. [ Roxas nods slowly. ] ... You wanna do that now? I am getting kinda hungry. [ Maybe it'll help Emil get his composure back. ]

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Ah... s-sure. [He grins a bit.] Do you like sweet stuff, or bitter stuff, or...?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Sweet things, definitely. And salty things, but that doesn't usually work out so well when mixing the two.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think I can come up with something...