Who: Ventus and you!
What: A confused gander about the city, upon arrival.
Where: Twilight Town
When: Midday
Warnings: Worries and clones.
Ventus is lost...and slightly troubled by the going's on around him, the information he's been given, what he's seen and the holes that still remain. His whole life, a dream?
No, that wasn't quite right. He was stuck
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Then he spots a very familiar head of spiky blond hair, and he stops, then calls out. "Roxas! I thought you couldn't come today!"
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Eyes gaze into identical blue, not knowing what he's looking for but he still tries to look for something. And maybe he finds what he's looking for because he dismisses his own Keyblade, putting away his gear. Though he's hesitant to take Ventus' hand, the feel of Axel's on his shoulder is a small comfort- to know that he isn't facing this thing alone for once.
And after some more seconds, he places his hand in Ventus' for the offered handshake, firm but not tight in anger.
"It's.. nice to meet you too." There's still some uncertainty in his voice, eyes still questioning about the whole situation, but at least the desire to beat down the supposed imposter is gone.
A weak chuckle. "This is so weird."
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The red-headed nobody grins, pleased that they aren't maiming each other. "It is pretty weird. But weird is normal for us, isn't it?"
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"You can say that again." He'd like to ask Roxas more about the keyblade, as well as a few other things. But right now, he doesn't know if it's something that Roxas will even answer- or if talking about it in front of Axel is such a good idea. So his mind goes to other venues.
"You said you hadn't seen me for ten years, right?" A look to Axel, confused. "But I would've come back to Radiant Garden sometime."
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Probably not.
But now he just has a look of questioning at what Ventus says. So he and Axel have met before? Since when? Years it seems like, years he doesn't know about. Didn't help that he can't even remember the past year, the real past year and not the fabricated one.
"Radiant Garden? Where's that? I don't remember--" He cuts off, knowing that Axel could fill in the blanks.
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Axel looks down at the questions. There was a reason he didn't talk about his past. It was over and done with, and traumatic to boot. But now his past was here, confronting him, so did he really have a choice?
He looks up, then gestures to the clock tower. "Tell you guys what. Let's get some ice cream and head up to the tower, and I'll tell you about Radiant Garden, and what happened to it."
And to him. He starts walking towards the station, waving for them to follow. "C'mon."
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"I'm up for it....Roxas?" He looks back to the blond uncertainly, waiting to see if he'll join them. At least then, he won't be the only one in the dark.
More than that, with the shock settling down, he's desperate to know a little more about Roxas. Maybe they could even be friends, if Roxas' expression had any indication of returning his worry with something akin to a smile.
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Besides, hearing some more about Axel and maybe about this Ventus will help him find some answers.
He nods, ready to follow them towards the clocktower. "Yeah, lead the way."
This would be the first time he's ever heard about Axel's past, so he's curious. But there must've been a reason why the redhead never told him, other than him not asking, right? He just hopes it isn't too bad.
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Axel swallows a little, pushing the memories back into their little box, to forget the sadness of being left alone with nothing but monsters and the pain of those same monsters ripping him to shreds. How much it had hurt him to see his then best friend covered in darkness.
"Don't worry about me, Lea! Just go! Run--!"
How he'd run all the way home, kicking at the Darkness a he went, only to find the house ransacked... and completely empty. His parents, gone. He never knew what happened to them, but he could guess.
Axel then turns to Ventus, offering only a shrug. "I don't know. I didn't see any more keyblade wielders after you left. I don't know what happened, or even why those creatures appeared. All I know is that they did, and my homeworld became their base. But don't make those sad faces. It was a long time ago. In the past."
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"It might be your past, but it's my future." And he can't imagine what else he could've been doing that was more important than saving a world-- and his friends.
But then-- Roxas has a point as well. What was the future like, if a world as light, peaceful, protected as Radiant Garden could fall? He was probably really busy with other things, trying to save other worlds-- maybe even the universe.
Maybe, in the far, far future, he even figured out how to save them all. Roxas, Axel, Radiant Gardens--
Sora.
...Huh. He shakes his head and takes a bite of his ice cream, brow furrowed. Sora...
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The Nobody chews on the wooden stick, splintering it a bit in his mouth.
"I know. The past is important. But it's not a place to dwell in." He shakes his head, "I'm sorry, that I don't know what happened between when you left Radiant Garden and now, Ventus."
He reminded him so much of Sora... why WAS that? What was the connection? The more he thought about it, the more perplexed he became. A link between Sora, Roxas and Ven.... there had to be one. As for feeling like the odd one out, Axel was feeling that in spades. Two boys with the same face and some link that he can't place, but that certainly runs deep... Who was Axel in all this?
A bystander?
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