caughtinanetwork | Interactive Dream

[It starts off slow, quiet, and still, a grey and eerie fog settled over a dark background filled with absolute nothingness, before suddenly--]

I'll kill you...I'LL KILL YOU ALL!!!

[The voice is raw and loud as it rips through the open and steel-cold air and somewhere in thedistance you may encounter a sudden burst of heat. It intensifies, white hot and blistering, until finally reds and yellows explode into vision and reveal hellish destruction--Flames several feet high engulf some nondescript world filled with broken pieces of castles and skyscrapers, ashes rain down from dark clouds above, and amidst the bitter scent of smoke and blood is Axel, standing with his gloved hands gripping tightly onto both sides of his head.

There's little sound, nothing but crackling and the swish of fire, but if you look closer or if you approach him suddenly he'll exclaim again with that same raw voice.]

GET BACK!!!

[Perhaps you'll persist or maybe you'll only stare from the outside in, but either way he'll scream at you and his flames will burn brighter, until finally Axel darts his head up to reveal once bright green eyes now glazed over with nothing but lifeless amber. Voices invade his mind, the sound of people screaming, people laughing, crying--

...No one would miss me.

And from there all he can do is destroy just as everything else has done to him.]

[Distress and anger written all over his face, Axel can't escape from his dream on his own. So, please, wake him if you wish.]

((OOC: Please state in your subject line if you want to interact with him in this dream! If that's the case, you'll most likely be hit with a barrage of dangerous attacks until Axel wakes up, because this dream is his subconscious mind revealing most if not all of his pent-up anger with friends and his past, and therefore he'll be violent and "berserk," as it were. Amber eyes represent something pretty hard to explain in KH-verse, but I thought they'd look kind of cool on him. |D If you choose to just watch, feel free to wake him up or, if you wish, barge into his room to shake him awake before he hurts himself one way or another~ Thank you!))

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[ As he's dealing with issues of his own and has no idea just where Axel is, Ven has to make due with waking his old friend the only way he knows how. ]

Lea? Lea. WAKE UP!

[ And he looks like shit, no less than Axel does. So that's okay. He's just concerned with the guy's welfare. ]

Don't make me find you and see if you're ticklish.

[Axel's very uncertain as he's swept away by this dream. It's not very often that he encounters one that's so...different, and though he doesn't have the ability to be scared, he still feels it, those familiar tremors running up and down his spine even though he's still unconscious.

It isn't until he hears a familiar voice calling out to him over and over that he opens his eyes and with a bit of a start he sits up, eyes darting around the room for his SFC.]

[ And with the end of the dream's broadcast comes a surge of relief for Ven. At least his old buddy isn't stuck in that place of fire and anger anymore. He looks gravely out through the screen. ]

Over here.

[ What happened to him? Is the biggest question on Ven's mind. Last he'd seen this guy, he'd been a joker of a teenager who'd seemed pretty laid back. Something's had to have changed in a big way to get him this angry. And he's not sure if he wants to know just what, so he doesn't ask. ]

[Axel runs a hand through his hair before he hears Ven's voice and with a soft sigh he gathers himself together as if nothing might have happened at all. Over on the side table his SFC shows the kid broadcasted on the screen and though Axel picks it up in as calm a manner as he can, inside he's still pretty shaken up.]

Hey. [he mutters, lowering his hand from his head. Sooner or later Ven's going to figure out that he's not Lea and that he's far from what Lea ever was, but he hopes that at least for tonight he won't.]

What's up?

[ A lot's up. And if lea's dream has shaken him up this badly, he can't imagine how Lea himself must feel.

Hopefully not tonight. It can wait for another time, as can all of his questions. Instead, he'll smile a little and offer some support. ]

Not much. I was about to go over there and tickle you awake.

Would you mind some company?

[He smirks briefly at that first comment but it's gone as quickly as it came.]

Heh. Yeah...

[Then, after observing the boy through the communicator,]

You don't look so great, though, man. [Maybe coming over would be a bad idea.]

[ He's wondering if it'd have worked. His smile fades, too. ]

I think I've slept more than enough. I'll be okay.

[ Maybe, maybe not. The offer's there, though. ]

'Sides, you look as bad as I probably do.

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[Well, he is ticklish, but in this case Axel probably would have karate chopped you in the face when he woke up, Ven.]

Gee, thanks. [Axel pinches the bridge of his nose before he adds,] But, sure. If you wanna meet up or something, doesn't matter.

[He has nothing to talk about, though, or so he'd like to tell himself.]

[ Ouuuuch! That wouldn't have been pleasant. He smirks a little. ]

I can say the same thing. [ He nods. ]

Yeah. It's been a long time. Hanging out would be nice right now.

[ So... ] Where are ya?

At home. Phanga number nine.

[Pause]

I'll go wait outside.

Gotcha. I'll be right there.

[ That's no bi deal. He'll be there in short enough order, considering he's not using his glider. Once he shows up, it's easy enough to notice just how much older Lea's gotten. Ten years...

He ought to be as tall as Lea by now. In a way, this isn't fair. But it's something he can tease them both about later, when something so trivial actually matters. He shakes his head, and moves forward to greet his old friend.

His usual smile isn't on his face, though. It's been a bad week. ]

How are you holding up? That was the angriest I think I've ever seen anyone.

[ Aside from Terra, with Master Xehanort, anyway. ]

[Axel will just tell him that he's been eating his veggies. A lot. Which is totally not true because, ew, there are a lot of vegetables that just suck and shouldn't exist at all. Ice cream's much better.

But that's digressing.

He's leaning up against the door of the house when he hears Ven approach and when he looks up he waits for a moment before he nods and glances away.]

Mm. I'll get over it. It's not like I'm the only one that's been having dreams, right?

[ You've never seemed like the type to be big on veggies, Lea. Maybe your other friend, but not you. Ice cream, however, he would believe. ~~And agree with.~~

He puts his hands into his pockets, and moves to join him by leaning against the wall of the building. ]

Right. But that doesn't mean they can't bother you.

[ Because clearly, bro? They are. But hey, he doesn't want to pry too much, so he'll shake it off for now. ]

The fact that everyone's having these dreams... and what they're about. It's bugging me. Why now? It's like this world shifted, and there's more darkness than there was before.

And it's... I don't know. It's almost like something must be feeding off everyone's memories and fears.

[ Like Vanitas. ~~And the creatures from 3D.~~ ]

[And you wonder how he stays this skinny.

Axel almost says something about that first comment--almost--but he holds his tongue instead. He just doesn't want to give away too much about who he really is just yet.]

These things aren't uncommon here.

[He shrugs and then looks up at the sky.]

Things are changing all the time. Who's to say that this isn't another prank or that the dreams aren't even real?

[ He must not eat very much ice cream.

Someday Axel will have to tell him. But not today, and that's less stress for them both. Ven frowns at the thought that this world is feeding off more than just their energy. ]

What would be accomplished from this? Unless it's an experiment...

[ Following Lea's gaze, he looks up at a sky he's still getting used to. ]

I don't know. But whoever's in charge was able to bring me here, and wake me up. That's been bugging me ever since I've gotten here. Maybe it usually isn't such a bad place. But... I don't like this.

[But he does! Like. Five bars a day!

Axel sighs.]

It's intrusive. [Axel might not have had much time left on his World, but he still had things to accomplish before he faded. And he just has to be taken here in the middle of all that...

And on top of that--On top of that all of these jokes keep messing around with his head. Even more intrusive.]

But what're you gonna do, y'know?

[ That's it?

He nods. ]

Yeah. [ If only he could wake up so you wouldn't have to.

And yes. They really are. He shrugs, still frowning. ]

No idea. It'd be nice if my portals could start working here so I could get everyone outta here.

Portals?

[Axel glances over to Ven, curious.]

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