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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[Roxas takes a moment to check his side--not too bad--and then cautiously moves closer. The dream hasn't ended yet..]

...are you okay now?

[He's still unresponsive, still tugging and trying to get his head straight, but Axel eventually looks up again, his eyes still glowing that unusual yellow shade. There's damage here and he can feel it, but maybe just another small push and he'll come out of this dream with Roxas intact.

For now, he growls and with a quick back step he thrusts his arms out to the side, his chakrams floating just a bit away from his fingertips, and allows a huge pillar of red hot fire to strike the ground beneath them. It creates a shock wave and a disturbance over the dream-scape, but most notably the molten bits of concrete--like lava--beneath them.]

[Roxas jerks back from the pillar and stumbles. He can feel the heat beneath him, scorching his shoes, nearly burning his feet. It wasn't enough. Axel hasn't come out of it yet.

Gritting his teeth and gripping Oblivion tighter, he rushes in to attack again once that pillar of flame has dissipated.]

[Once the pillar sinks back into the ground and leaves it still molten hot, Axel looks up in time to see Roxas charging towards him and throws a chakram at him, hoping to catch him off course or at least make him back away.

In the back of his mind he's thinking that he doesn't want to hurt Roxas, but that's also conflicting with the pressing desire to destroy him.]

Get away!

[The chakram does force Roxas to stop his charge as he brings his keyblade up to block it. But he shoves Oblivion forward against the chakram to knock it out of his way so he can press on.]

I'm not leaving 'til I knock some sense into you!

[His weapon goes flying out of the way before Axel holds his hand out to summon it back to him. He's getting tired and even more frustrated by the second and Roxas' words despite how much he'd like to tune out of them, start to seep into his mind and mess with dream, causing the flames to shrink just a bit.]

Shut up! [He yells again before he lights both chakrams on fire and hurls them at Roxas one after the other, juggling them so that each time they might hit they bounce right back.]

[Roxas only gets a little closer before that barrage of attacks begins, and he doesn't have the time to do anythng but block. But it's hard to keep his footing on the scorching ground beneath, and only a few hits in one of those attacks knocks him back.

He goes tumbling to the ground, crying out again as the heat hits him through his coat. Hurriedly he tries to get back to his feet.]

[...Why does seeing that get to him?

Axel knows that he has an opening, he can see it right there when Roxas struggles to get back on his feet, but when he raises his chakram up to slash and bring it down hard on Roxas' body he freezes and his arms start to shake. He might not know it, but the dream is starting to end here, the landscape rumbling and fading while Axel steps back and stares at Roxas as if perhaps...scared. He's not sure.]

[Roxas is just starting to push himself up on Oblivion when he sees Axel raise his arm to attack. He winces in anticipation--but the attack doesn't come. He glances around, noticing how things seem to be fading. Maybe it's finally ending now.

He returns his gaze to Axel's, holding it as he cautiously rises to his feet. He's not sure exactly what that look is in his friend's eyes, but Roxas hopes he's able to convey just how much he doesn't want to be on opposite sides.]

[When Roxas starts to get back up Axel tries to swing again only to lower his chakram to his side with a frustrated growl. Just having the kid look at him that way causes the scenery to fade even more until finally Axel opens his eyes, the yellow hue returned to its usual green and fire dwindled down into nothing.

With that dream over, he'll just slowly wake up now.]

[As the dream fades, Roxas wakes, too, from where he passed out on entering the nightmare... on the floor just as he'd gotten out of bed. He picks himself up, disoriented for a few moments before he remembers where he is.

He has to check on Axel.

So, have your best friend portaling into your room in a T-shirt and boxers.]

Axel?

[Axel isn't usually afraid or anything, but, yeah, you'll have to admit that that dream would have disturbed anyone even to a certain degree, so once the dream is over he sits up in bed and then gets up to walk over to his window and just stare out it for a while in silence.

...Just what was that all supposed to mean, anyway?

His arms are crossed over his bare chest as he thinks a little more but when he hears the familiar sound of Darkness ripping through the air behind him he turns, arms lowered, and watches his best friend emerge from the Corridor.

Great. Just who he should be seeing right now. Axel lowers his eyes towards the floor for a beat and then turns away again to face the window.]

Shouldn't you be in bed?

[Roxas lets the portal close behind him and stands still, swallowing. He shouldn't be feeling... uneasy? about approaching his best friend. But the dream is still fresh in his mind and he's hesitant about closing the distance between them.]

I- wanted to make sure you were okay. ...don't think I could sleep anyway.

[Maybe he needs this for himself, too, so his nearest memory of Axel isn't facing him in battle.

It's not much reassurance, though, to have Axel turn away from him.]

[The truth is that Axel's feeling pretty uneasy himself about having Roxas in the same room as him, especially after that dream, but he'll try his best not to show that. He's never been one to express weakness or anything like that in front of Roxas, after all. That's just not his style.]

'course I'm ok. Just feeling a little bit restless, maybe, that's all.

[Dismissively he waves a hand through the air. He wants to pretend that nothing happened.]

Why can't you sleep?

[Roxas is not fooled this time. That was some nightmare, Axel, and he can't believe even you're perfectly fine after that.]

Because. It's just hard after nightmares.

[Isn't that why you're feeling "restless"?]

[His fingers tense a little bit.

...Nightmare, huh.]

[He just won't respond to that and instead keeps his back turned to his best friend. He's ok, so they don't have to talk about the dreams. They shouldn't have to.]

[Roxas takes a breath and then goes to join Axel by the window. He still doesn't stand too close, but he's there. He glances up at his friend and then just looks out.]

...mind if I stick around a little while?

[They don't have to talk about it. He's not sure he wants to right now either. But you're not getting rid of him that easy.]

[Even though the hints are subtle, they're there and very obvious to Axel, being Roxas' best friend and all. He can understand why the kid would want to keep some distance between them and why he'd want to 'stick around' even for a little bit.

After all, between friends it doesn't take much for someone to get the message, right? Axel's always preferred vagueness in that respect, really.

He nods after a beat, eyes still focused out the window.]

There's no sunset to watch, though.

That's okay.

[There's no ice cream either, and no clocktower, but it's still the two of them. He's sure that's the part they both missed.

Roxas isn't as good as picking up on the subtle things. He's not sure if him being there is any comfort to Axel, but he hopes it's something. He's starting to feel better himself. A bit.]

[No ice cream and no clock tower. It almost feels like a crime to be talking to each other about so many things without their usual routine, but it's not like they have any other choice. At least they still have each other, right?

Axel sighs. Being down here has made him feel so restless lately, and that's not just because of the dreams and the other bothersome events. He still can't get over the idea that he was taken from a time at which he had to accomplish something. He has unfinished business back home.]

We should look for a high place around here, though.

[Roxas leans a little closer to the window, scanning over what he can see as if to find a new place right then and there. But, he doesn't expect to spot anything. Mostly it's just a whim.]

Yeah. We- should start doing that again.

[It was a good routine. Something to look forward to at the end of every day.]

[Sure, Axel's been here for a while now, but he hasn't found a high enough place for him.]

There's always the rooftops, I guess.

[Roxas nods in agreement.]

We'd still get some kinda view.

...Think Xion would wanna come along? [It's a stupid, rhetorical question, but Axel wants to fill the silence somehow.]

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Sorry for the delaaaaaaay;;;

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