Forty-Fifth Keychain-[Written/Potentially Action for Axel and Xion]

[perplex_me]

If you can't trust your friends, who can you trust?
What do you do when...no.
If something's based on life and de--So...if people you know are keeping secrets from you, should you bother asking them about it until they cave in, or just believe them when they say it's for your own good? How would you know it's for your own good...actually, how

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[voice]

[poppetry]

[ man, Roxas, low blow, even if she does gather that this is probably more about Axel than about her. Xion's up on the roof right now, and once she sees this entry, she's nooot entirely sure she even wants to come down and talk to him in person, or risk running into Axel. Instead she just replies verbally with a sigh. ]

Roxas...

[voice]

[perplex_me]

[It is more about Axel, so please ignore the fact that he sounds surprised that Xion's answering.]

...yeah?

[voice]

[poppetry]

[ don't mind her, man. she feels guilty for all the times she's kept secrets from him anyway, both at home and in Luceti. she feels like she owes him too, even if that's not really true. still, she'll skirt around that part for now. ]

Did you talk to him? [ the "him" being sort of obvious and assumed. ]

[voice]

[perplex_me]

[He's not done with you yet, don't you think it.]

...yeah. I did. He told me everything he could.

[voice]

[poppetry]

[ ... what more could you possibly want from me ): ]

That's good... if he did, then I don't think there's anything left you don't know about... that I know of, anyway. Axel's always been kind of mysterious.

[voice]

[perplex_me]

[Well not dying's a good favor :|]

I think that's everything I was missing, but you know how Axel is.

[voice]

[poppetry]

[ IF ONLY. ]

Yeah. But I think he's gotten a little better at opening up about things... a little, at least.

[voice]

[perplex_me]

Not that it matters.

[voice]

[poppetry]

... what do you mean? Of course it matters.

[Filtered suddenly]

[perplex_me]

Why? Tell me that.

[Filtered]

[poppetry]

[ uh oh. this can't possibly end well. ]

He's trying, Roxas. Axel may not always be honest, but he's our best friend and I know he cares about us. Why wouldn't it matter?

[Filtered]

[perplex_me]

...he wasn't trying enough. Xion, he lied. A lot. Why would he lie to me from the very beginning?

[Filtered]

[poppetry]

Roxas, you aren't the only one that was lied to. [ she doesn't sound accusatory, just ... sad, bewildered, tense. ] Maybe the Organization ordered him to... I don't know! All I know is that he's our friend. Why can't that just be what matters?

[Filtered]

[perplex_me]

That's not the point! [Sorry Xion, he actually sounds pretty upset.] How do we actually know?

[Filtered]

[poppetry]

[ it's frightening her a little bit. ]

... know which, Roxas? That he's telling the truth ... or that he cares?

[Filtered]

[perplex_me]

...both?