catchall for naminé

[leaberator]

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WEEK 0, SUNDAY

[leaberator]

[ anyway after the npc ... deal ... Axel did say he'd find Naminé so they could talk. Which is exactly what he does, waving her over while swords fight Sol or something ]

Hey. C'mon, it's about time I catch you up on a thing or two.

[whitewalls]

[ well hopefully no one gets stabbed

but she'll nod hr head and walk over ]

To my house?

[leaberator]

[ if sol gets stabbed i will lose my mind

but he nods before crossing his arms behind his head ]

Think you can remember which one it is?

[ he's joking. maybe. ]

[whitewalls]

I made sure to get it memorized.

[ she can joke too, bitch ]

[leaberator]

[ every single person in the world is going to be mocking him with that forever, aren't they ]

Great. 'Cause you might definitely need to be sitting down for some of it.

[whitewalls]

... it seems like it.

[ but she'll lead the way, where emma will conveniently not be around ]

[leaberator]

[ and once they're settled in with the door closed, the first thing axel is gonna say is: ]

First things first... I told myself I'd tell you first thing when I saw you again, but I guess things didn't work out that way. Naminé... I'm sorry.

[ that is probably not what she expected ]

[whitewalls]

You're... sorry?

[ she definitely was not. naminé looks almost as confused as when she saw his scroll. ]

For what?

[leaberator]

[ he rubs the back of his neck with a sigh ]

A lotta things? I wasn't exactly nice to you back in Castle Oblivion. [ but it's obviously not about that, because he goes on: ] We talked about it, back then, and I didn't really know what to think... But you were right. About Nobodies, and hearts. You've got your own, Naminé. Just like Roxas has his.

[ just like maybe he'd had the beginning of one-- but that's neither here nor there ]

[whitewalls]

[ no one was nice to her in castle oblivion but

she does not say that, and instead focuses on the rest of it. ]

Is that an opinion?

[leaberator]

[ that makes it, somehow, less okay. regardless ]

No. [ he sighs ] It came right out of Xemnas. Or... Xigbar? I kinda got the information second hand. [ he waves that off though, to expand: ] Nobodies don't start out with hearts, but with time, and connections... The body calls to it. The stuff we felt, all that time, it was real.

[whitewalls]

... is that so?

[ she's silent for a moment. ]

So he was lying.

[leaberator]

Yep. All part of some grand design to make all of us... some kinda vessels for fractions of an old man's heart.

[ he's fought in xehanort's parking lot war and he still thinks it was incredibly stupid ]

[whitewalls]

[ oh ]

Master Xehanort?

[leaberator]

You know that guy? [ a beat ] Of course you know that guy, Ventus was in Sora's heart. Wait, does that mean you knew Ven was inside of-- never mind. Not important.

[ he is TRYING to APOLOGIZE for BEING A DICK, GOD ]

The fact is, I did a lot of messed up stuff back then, and you got caught up in a lot of it. So, I'm sorry.

[whitewalls]

... it's alright. You were one of the ones nice to me, in the end.

[ why is her definition of nice like this ]

[leaberator]

[ ... ]

That kinda makes me feel worse about it.

[ :T ]

[whitewalls]

... sorry. I didn't mean for you to.

[leaberator]

[ he huffs and pokes her forehead ]

No, stop that. Don't apologize to me, that's my thing. [ a thing kairi told him to stop, but she's dead so whatever!!!! he's not sad about that at all!!! ] I'll just have to make it up to you some other way. Now, c'mon, I've said my piece. You're bound to have a couple of questions about what's happened, right?

[whitewalls]

One or two.

[ she'll touch her forehead where he poked it, smiling a little. ]

... you're no longer a Nobody?

[leaberator]

Nope! I got recompleted sometime after I... uh... [ exploded himself? ceased to exist? fucking died? ] helped Sora.

[whitewalls]

... mm.

[ yeah that

... yeah. ]

Thank you for that.

[leaberator]

[ awk ]

I mean, I was the one who caused the problem in the first place... Least I could do.

[ and he was like pretty much dead anyway ]

[whitewalls]

[ she just gives him a small smile ]

You remembered Xion before you came here?

[ considering he was not as shocked to see her scroll ]

[leaberator]

... Yeah.

[ it's soft and almost reluctant ]

I kept... having this feeling, like I'd forgotten something important. [ and crying about it. ] But I couldn't figure it out until she was standing right in front of me.

[ with her hood off after Roxas said her name, specifically, but now it's getting too complicated ]