ten flames ☆

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[Axel is, as usual, poorly dressed when he appears on the Plane. And he can blame it on someone else this time! He's barefoot, sporting the tiniest hint of a future sunburn, and he's shirtless. OH BABY. It should be noted that Axel is sickeningly pale, so unless you're into the so-white-they-blind-you-in-the-sun-like-Edward kind of guy, he's probably not that attractive. He's also bony-edged and scrawny and lanky and other awkward high school adjectives.

The long coat, sash, and poofy pants can only mean one thing.

Agrabah!

With him comes a rush of hot air and sand, which he shakes off on his way to the kitchen for a nice, cold drink. He muses to himself while unscrewing a glass soda bottle.]

Man, I love double standards.

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[seriousmarauder]

[Hey Axel, guess who has you beat in the pale and bony department? Sirius, who is helping himself to a sandwich, raises an eyebrow.] Any reason in particular?

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[Axel always loses to the real goths, considering he has bright punk red hair. And he's not Irish. Irish people have an advantage in the pale and bony category too.]

It's just great when they work for me, for once.

[seriousmarauder]

[nomming on his sammich] Care to share the details? I could do with a bit of entertainment.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[He hops on the edge of the counter. His legs are long enough to brush the floor.]

Let's just say that I haven't been the best friend I coulda been. I saw the light though. Literally. And I came back, and pretty much everyone I wronged, bad as it was, took me back without a complaint.

There's another guy in my same situation, pretty much, and he's practically killing himself trying to prove himself to the same people who absolutely love me. It's just... amusing. In that watching-a-dog-bump-into-a-glass-door kind of way.

[asmallamoroso.livejournal.com]

[S'up person Ai hasn't seen since-- well, her arrival. This obviously needs to be fixed which is why she's there and dragging a chair along with her to the pantry. :|b]

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[Hey look, it's that little kid girl woman... thing. Yeah he has no idea what to think about Ai.

Axel looms.]

Can ya reach?

this is not unbelievably late of course not

[asmallamoroso.livejournal.com]

[It's okay, not many people know what to think of her to begin with. She's just awesome like that.

Standing on the chair now and looking up why so tall Axel.]

I can manage.

haha ♥

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

I dunno, it's pretty high up.

[He scans the pantry to see what she could possibly want.]

/s-sobs in corner of fail

[asmallamoroso.livejournal.com]

I'm fine, really.

[Because every seven year old drinks coffee, she's attempting to reach some ground coffee to make a fresh cup.]

/offers .. burned cake. it's axel ok

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[Axel picks it up.]

... Aren't you a little young for this stuff? You might sprout wings or something.

/noms on cake anyway

[asmallamoroso.livejournal.com]

[Holds out her hand for it.]

Children drink ice coffee.

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

Double standards? [Headtilt]

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[Naminé! He brightens immediately when she appears, offering her the untouched soda with a flourish.]

S' nothing you should worry about. Soda?

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[Slight pout!] Axel, you always say that! [But she does take the soda.] And... thank you.

omg fuck you lj notifs. B|

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[... That's really cute. It's almost enough to -

Ah, yes, there go his defenses.]

... Well. Someone who used to work for the bad guys apparently wants to be a good guy now, and everyone's giving him trouble for it.

It's just funny, considering I can talk to Princess Jasmine and she doesn't find me suspicious at all, even though I kidnapped her once.

aaaah are they working yet! /SOB

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[You can't hide from the cute, Axel. So sorry.]

They are? [She thinks about that, taking a sip of her soda, and frowns.] But, if he's really sorry, then why not give him the chance to prove it first?

they were working and then they weren't. seems to be ... working... now.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

Oh, believe me, he's trying.

[ssssip]

Hope he doesn't die doing it.

jdfaljkdjal dammit eljay.

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[She winces a bit at that.] I don't think they should be so hard on him...

[And of course, always the eternal optimist, she brightens up.] Maybe there's a way he can prove it beyond a doubt! Is there?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ Have an equally-oddly dressed (http://i50.tinypic.com/2u6zlmw.png) Roxas! let's see if I can dust this boy off... ]

What double-standards, Axel?

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[Axel is just finishing a sip of his soda, so give him a moment to swallow.]

Well, if ya think about it, me and Iago are in kinda similar situations. Whereas you treated me with kindness when I came back, the bird's been jumping through hoops in order to avoid getting roasted for dinner.

[He tosses a bottle at Roxas.] Catch!

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ And catch, he does! He pops it open, considers it for a moment... ]

I don't think that's the same thing. He liked working for Jafar before.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[Axel blinks, then grins shamelessly.]

... That obvious, huh? I guess I'm not as good at pretending as I thought.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ Roxas smiles back, taking a drink from the soda. ]

You're not that hard to read. [ Sometimes. ]

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

Bah. It's 'cause I was desperate at that point, that's all. [He smiles back though.]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't blame you. [ Said conversationally, meant sincerely. ]