caughtinanetwork | Interactive Dream

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[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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What's it matter to you!?

[His dream is a complete mess, full of debris and carnage and the two of them facing off for reasons he can't even comprehend. And when she comes closer he quickly calls forth his chakrams and hurls one at her with lightning speed.]

[she see the chakram hurtling towards her and she instinctively calls up her keyblade to block it. This is a fight she's painfully familiar with, but it's also one she's lost twice before. Xion doesn't enjoy the idea of raising her keyblade to him again, but he's obviously not in the state of mind to talk this out.]

Whether you remember or not, I was your friend. It matters to me if you're suffering!

[If only Axel could remember that fight and if only he isn't this outraged. Maybe then he'd stop and reconsider. But this is a dream and his mind isn't in the right place, so even if he could remember he probably would keep fighting on anyway.

So that's just what he does, catching his chakram when it rebounds off of her Keyblade before he runs towards her at top speed, hoping to slash at her with a close range attack.]

Nobodies don't care about that. [Friendship and suffering, empathy and sympathy--that's all nothing to no one.]

[She brings the blade up to block. His speed as well as the environment put him at an advantage. Xion's well aware of her past losses under normal conditions, and he doesn't seem to be pulling any punches now either.

His inability to give her a straight answer is trying her patience. She knows better at this point than to think just being a nobody is a good excuse for this reckless carnage, so when he gets close she takes the opportunity to bite out,]

Then why are you so angry?!

[Axel doesn't remember her, but there's something about this dream that tugs at his strings. It's like he's been in this memory before...but he just can't put all the pieces of it together. Was it another dream, maybe? Did he make it all up? Frustrated, Axel brings a hand to his head for a moment to hold it before he shakes it and then goes back to the fight, giving his chakrams another twirl.

He won't respond to her and instead he just retaliates, pushing against her Keyblade even when his arms start to shake.]

[Xion hasn't given up on finding out what's eating at him, and she can't help but think about how angry he was whenever she tried to leave before. She did not fail to notice his pause before attacking again, and she hopes she's found some way to talk him out of it. The force he's showing now doesn't bode well for that idea, though. It's all she can do not to stumble under the pressure ,and she doesn't have time to pursue the train of though any further before she has to focus on not being shoved down.

She pushes back and attempts to swing her keyblade around to break his hold. They're going to get nowhere if they stay in this kind of stalemate.]

[When she pushes he stumbles back a bit to give her time to strike and sure enough her Keyblade connects, catching Axel in the side. He backflips, moving out of her reach by a few feet, and hunches over out of exhaustion and pain.]

Hn. [He'll glare at her for now, his weapons held tightly in his hands, while he calculates what to do next.]

[She takes the opportunity to catch her breath. Replica or not, her body doesn't run on smoke, but she's doing her best to not let it show. She still has her keyblade at the ready, waiting for his next move.]

Axel, I don't want to have this fight again. If you would just tell me what is going on...

[Fight again? They've never fought like this before, let alone fought at all, right? Axel's eyes narrow at her--Just who is she trying to pull?--before he shakes his head a points a chakram directly at her.]

Don't come close to me. [he grates out amidst the sound of debris falling and crackling in the fire.]

[She sighs. Figures she'd say the one thing that sends them right back to square one. After a moment's thought, she lowers her weapon to her side, taking a much more passive stance.]

I know you don't want me here, Axel, but something is wrong and I'm the only one around to help.

[With her free hand she reaches out to him pleadingly, but doesn't move from her spot. Until he stops and opens up to her there isn't much else she can do but steele herself against another possible attack.]

[That hand--

Axel's hand involuntarily starts to shake when she holds her hand out to him and he isn't quite sure why just yet. What does she want? He already told her that he doesn't want her here. ...But if that's the case, then why can't he just destroy her already?

The dreamscape starts to shake as well as Axel starts to snap back into reality a bit. The fire around them shrinks and bits and pieces of debris fade in and out of existence. All the while Axel keeps hold on his chakram, though, and stares her down.]

I said no!

[She isn't sure what she did to prompt the change in the dreamscape, but she shaking causes her to stumble a bit.

He's made it clear just how much he doesn't want her here, but she refuses to just walk away from him now. Xion's at a loss for what to do next, meeting his gave unwaveringly.]

I won't just leave you like this!

[The world keeps shaking and objects continue to fade in and out of existence before finally Axel drops his chakram and it falls to the ground with a loud clatter. He's tired, or so he appears, as the scenery fades into black and he opens his eyes to stare at Xion briefly, the once bright amber color now back to his usual green.

The dream's starting to end.]

You're stubborn.

[A mix of surprise and relief is apparent on her face, mostly relief. She pays the environment no mind as she runs to kneel beside her fallen friend.

Seeing his eyes have finally returned to the right color, she gives him a small smile.]

Where would you have been if I weren't?

[Axel wakes up eventually just outside his home, his body feeling incredibly sore even though he hasn't gone anywhere, and when he spots Xion he brings a hand up to pinch the bridge of his nose. Just what the heck happened?]

What're you doing?

[He doesn't want to talk about the dream, so he'll do his best to work around that topic.]

[Xion is sitting up fromher spot on the ground, looking visibly disoriented as she takes in her surroundings. The content of the dream is still very fresh in her mind, adding to her confusion at her change in location.]

I... don't know, actually.

[He's still and silent for a long while before he sighs and sits up, one leg pulled in to his chest.]

Mm. [he rubs the back of his neck while his body starts to come back to reality, a little disoriented still, but getting better.]

You should probably go inside. It's getting late, isn't it?

Yeah.

[She hesitates before really moving anywhere though, biting her lip in a show of nervousness before going ahead and speaking.]

Are you going to be okay?

[Axel glances up at her briefly before he looks away again, pretending to be interested in something else.]

Sure. Why wouldn't I be? [As if to show that, he stands up and dusts himself off.]

...That was your dream, wasn't it?

[Xion's own dream was equally unpleasant, but she was fairly certain this wasn't another of her nightmares since the two of them woken up like they had.]

[Axel's halfway turned away from her when she asks that and if she's paying attention she'll be able to see his fingers twitch a bit, almost like he wants to curl them into fists. But he contains himself.]

Yeah. And that's all it was: a dream.

[he'll say that simply without looking at her.]

[She does notice his fingers twitch, as well as the fact he can't giver her an answer face to face.]

Whatever it is that's bothering you isn't, though.

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Sorry for previous fail, I shouldn't be tagging at 7 am x_x

I'll never forgive you. B|

b-but D:

...Well. I suppooooose that I can forgive you.

Really? :D

Yes. Because now I need to repent for being so late. orz

but you're back!

/holds you

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