[Day 298 - accidental video]
[As the video clicks on, it's clear that that would be because whatever Roxas usually uses to access it has fallen out of his pocket and clattered onto the ground, tripping a switch. The scene before your eyes: a small alcove in Twilight Town. The people: Roxas, running down some stairs into this alcove. And a hooded figure who takes the hood down to reveal...]
[... It's Xion. She turns to face Roxas - and the camera - with a grim expression.]
Xion.
[Beat. A stunned silence.]
Where have you been? Axel and I have been looking all over for you.
You have? [Xion's voice is flat, quiet.] Sorry.
Let's go home. If you come back voluntarily, Saix will let all this drop, he has to. [Silence. Xion looks down, like she's not sure how to answer him. Roxas doesn't seem to have noticed.] I don't care what he said to you. I'll be there. Me and Axel will make sure --
[And then Roxas cuts himself off as Xion flinches backwards.] I really can't.
Why not? [Roxas reaches a hand out to grab hers, and she jumps back again.] Come on!
[Silence again. Roxas lets his hand drop, almost as if he understands that this isn't getting him anywhere. But this is just confusing. Xion makes to walk away, slowly - and Roxas grabs her hand, lunging for her wrist.] Wait!
[No answer. And then - then Roxas gasps as a sharp metallic sound fills the air, and it's not hard to see why. Xion has summoned her Keyblade and is raising it in his direction, not looking at him. Roxas's hand slides from Xion's wrist.
And then before anything can go any further, a chakram comes whizzing from somewhere above and behind the camera, straight for Xion's head, and she deflects it with a sharp whirl and slice of her Keyblade.]
Well hello there... Xion.
[And another man - Axel - comes into view as the other two gape at him. Roxas is the first to find his voice, thunderstruck with disbelief.]
Axel? [And Xion - Xion wastes no time, simply lunges at the taller man, ignoring Roxas's cry of "no wait!", and the two are fighting, circling each other and hitting out with both Keyblade and chakrams while Roxas watches like his entire world is falling apart at the seams before he screws up his face and yells --]
Stop!
[And Xion does stop at that, mid-run, her face distressed.
Axel doesn't. He hits her on the back of her neck with his hand, and she drops her Keyblade, falling unconscious into his waiting arms. Roxas looks on, his eyes wide like this can't be happening, before he runs forward to check on his friend.]
Xion--!
[But all Axel does is look at him. And his expression is eerily blank. That's the last we see of him before he vanishes into a swirl of darkness, Roxas coming to a stop with his arm outstretched towards where his friends were just a moment ago.
The feed ends.]
((ooc: all replies dated to about ten minutes after this post.))
[... It's Xion. She turns to face Roxas - and the camera - with a grim expression.]
Xion.
[Beat. A stunned silence.]
Where have you been? Axel and I have been looking all over for you.
You have? [Xion's voice is flat, quiet.] Sorry.
Let's go home. If you come back voluntarily, Saix will let all this drop, he has to. [Silence. Xion looks down, like she's not sure how to answer him. Roxas doesn't seem to have noticed.] I don't care what he said to you. I'll be there. Me and Axel will make sure --
[And then Roxas cuts himself off as Xion flinches backwards.] I really can't.
Why not? [Roxas reaches a hand out to grab hers, and she jumps back again.] Come on!
[Silence again. Roxas lets his hand drop, almost as if he understands that this isn't getting him anywhere. But this is just confusing. Xion makes to walk away, slowly - and Roxas grabs her hand, lunging for her wrist.] Wait!
[No answer. And then - then Roxas gasps as a sharp metallic sound fills the air, and it's not hard to see why. Xion has summoned her Keyblade and is raising it in his direction, not looking at him. Roxas's hand slides from Xion's wrist.
And then before anything can go any further, a chakram comes whizzing from somewhere above and behind the camera, straight for Xion's head, and she deflects it with a sharp whirl and slice of her Keyblade.]
Well hello there... Xion.
[And another man - Axel - comes into view as the other two gape at him. Roxas is the first to find his voice, thunderstruck with disbelief.]
Axel? [And Xion - Xion wastes no time, simply lunges at the taller man, ignoring Roxas's cry of "no wait!", and the two are fighting, circling each other and hitting out with both Keyblade and chakrams while Roxas watches like his entire world is falling apart at the seams before he screws up his face and yells --]
Stop!
[And Xion does stop at that, mid-run, her face distressed.
Axel doesn't. He hits her on the back of her neck with his hand, and she drops her Keyblade, falling unconscious into his waiting arms. Roxas looks on, his eyes wide like this can't be happening, before he runs forward to check on his friend.]
Xion--!
[But all Axel does is look at him. And his expression is eerily blank. That's the last we see of him before he vanishes into a swirl of darkness, Roxas coming to a stop with his arm outstretched towards where his friends were just a moment ago.
The feed ends.]
((ooc: all replies dated to about ten minutes after this post.))