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[of_flames]

Who: Axel and whoever feels like dropping by (Open)
Where: Streets of the city
When: Today
Summary: Axel (in his Shadow costume) is pondering the mysteries of the world. Or is just plotting everyone's downfall. One or the other.
Rating: PG-13? TBA

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[onlytwilight]

Roxas started out to look for the Shadow, with no doubt that he would find Axel with relative ease. Shadows easily followed him whenever he went out so it wasn't a rare sight to see. Not anymore.

He started to wonder what Axel would ACTUALLY look like...if he would be different in some way. Would his eyes be green or his antennae sticking up oddly? He shrugged. The keyblade would attract any Shadow to him, so he might as well wait. "Axel? Axel, where are you?" he called.

"Hey! Axel!"

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Axel had been pondering why he couldn't stomp a cockroach when he felt the strange tug. Giving the bug one last ineffective thump, the black creature poked his head out of the alleyway curiously. Both antennae shot up in surprise and pleasure.

Roxas!

While there were more Shadows around now since Roxas' arrival, few of them probably came at the poor guy with arms outstretched. If there was one thing Axel hated about this 'costume', it was the odd shambling gait with the side to side sway. Their legs had to be made wrongly. Reaching Roxas, the creature lifted its arms up to him again, strange three fingered 'hands' opening and closing.

Roxas!

[onlytwilight]

He could feel it again, that sudden pulling sensation when Axel had gone into Vexen's lab. He turned around quickly, looking, and spotted a black shape rushing for him.

Roxas' hand went out for his key...then paused. Its legs were wobbling and it was running with small outstretched paws. "...Axel?" he called. When he saw the necklace, he knew, and ran towards him. "Axel!" He slowed as he approached and knelt down beside the little Shadow, picking it up in his hands. "Geez, Axel, look at you."

He didn't know whether he should be happy or upset, but he smiled anyway. "At least no one's stomped on you."

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If a Shadow could have grinned, Axel would have been. Wrapping his arms around what he could reach of Roxas, he seemed to be one content Heartless.

Axel knew damned well that he could change back to himself whenever he wanted. He had done so almost immediately after finding himself as a Shadow. A bit of experimentation had reassured him that he wasn't trapped like that. With that in mind, he had set out on his plan. It was simple, much like many of Axel's plots. He would be a Shadow, look helpless, and get some Roxas time. What hero could resist something that small and defenseless?

And things were going swimmingly.

Bright yellow eyes slitted in pleasure as he lifted a hand to try to pat it along Roxas' cheek.