catchall for naminé

[leaberator]

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WEEK 1, FRIDAY, POST-ANNOUNCEMENT

[leaberator]

[ he looks for naminé not long after announcements, not too surprised to find her close to her house. he waves her over when he sees her ]

Naminé, hey. I've been meaning to catch up.

[ and like knowing she isn't dead is a big part of that Want to catch up, but ]

[whitewalls]

Axel.

[ she, unsurprisingly, does not seem very happy for some reason.

but she'll walk over to him obediently. ]

[leaberator]

[ is it the dead bodies? it could be the dead bodies. ]

Were you close with any of 'em?

[ why would he ask this ]

[whitewalls]

I wouldn't really say close, but... I knew them all.

[ and she liked them. ]

[leaberator]

[ he sighs, a bit. yeah. it didn't need to be close, did it? ]

This is an even bigger mess than I thought it would be. [ ... but he's not here JUST to be a sad sack ] Naminé... There's people with special powers in this place other than the one who can make new partnerships.

[whitewalls]

Really?

[ she tilts her head. ]

How do you know?

[leaberator]

[ he hesitates, for a second, as if talking himself into it. ]

Well, for one thing, I've got one of 'em.

[whitewalls]

Of course you do.

[ she sounds amused. ]

[leaberator]

[ he makes a face ]

Whaddaya mean, "of course"?

[whitewalls]

It's just not that surprising.

[ anyWAY ]

What's the power?

[leaberator]

I didn't even know until this Tuesday, how is it not surprising.

[ grumble grumble ANYWAY ]

It's not... great. Those puzzle boxes? That was me. I pick between three options every week and something happens. It's a lotta luck. [ and they both know his luck is, uh. it exists. yeah. ] The only good part is, apparently having that power means I can potentially get more info.

[whitewalls]

Have you gotten any yet?

[ it's been uno week ]

[leaberator]

The role thing was pretty much it so far. There's others.

[ it has been. useless. ]

[whitewalls]

That's still more information than we had before. Thank you.

... did you opens yours?

[leaberator]

[ he heaves a sigh and takes out-- a certain "WINNER" popsicle stick. ]

Yep.

[ axel, that's a stick. ]

What about you?

[whitewalls]

[ .... she tilts her head at that. she's definitely staring at the stick. ]

I haven't opened mine yet.

[leaberator]

Don't ask.

[ please? it's symbolic of him being a bad parent. he sticks it back in his pocket. ]

Guess you haven't had a lotta time to play with puzzles on your own. [ axel spent ten years in the organization and my god did they need better hobbies. ] Want some help?

[whitewalls]

... sure. If you don't mind.

[ although that's. also not why she was staring, but she'll let it pass for now. ]

[leaberator]

[ PLEASE leave his angst stick ALONE ]

'Course. I'm the one to blame for it in the first place, so...

[ speaking of blame. ]

Hey, have you spoken to Hisoka at all?

[whitewalls]

Not too much. I got stuck in an elevator with him earlier in the week.

[ oh, right ]

He gave him a doll of Sora.

[ that's why she was staring at the stick. she had thought the plushie was axel's and hisoka somehow got a hold of it. ]

[leaberator]

[ he's about to gently warn her when THAT fucking FLOORS HIM ]

He-- what?

[ oh he fucked up. ohhhh fuck he fucked up. ]

Naminé, look, you can't trust that guy. He's... [ aaaaaaaaah ] This is my fault.

[whitewalls]

... what's wrong?

[ she is one of the few people here who has not gotten creeped out by hisoka yet ]

Did he do something?

[leaberator]

[ hm. how to explain hisoka without getting into horrid details. ]

He's-- Look, if he hasn't been creepy with you yet, that's good, but the guy thrives off of violence. I think all he's looking for in this place is a fight.

[ ... ]

We had that memory sharing deal, and he saw Sora in mine. He got... interested. [ a boner. ] I've been dodging him since we were made partners.

[whitewalls]

... oh.

[ she wonders if maybe that's why he hadn't bothered being too weird with her, since it' not like he'd be able to fight her. ]

He said Sora reminded him of a boy named Gon. [ ... ] And he mentioned you a lot to me. He said you showed him something good.

[leaberator]

[ well, this is one way to be straightforward about the kind of person hisoka is. ]

... The memory he saw was of when I eliminated Vexen.

[ so you know. bad. ]