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[So, this week is shaping up to be a barrel of laughs, isn't it? And Axel intends to take full advantage of it.

Never mind that this could come around full circle to bite him in the ass later. With the SFC turned on he shows up, grinning with his head rested in his hand.

Hello, Vatheon.]

Let's play a game. A bonding exercise, if you will. I figure it'll lift everyone's spirits a little.

On a scale from 1 to 10, let's tell each other how attractive we think we are. Then we'll take turns explaining why. Sound good?

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[ex_knowledge575]

[ She's reeeeeally bad at taking compliments Roxas, as she's never had that many. So her ears will just be turning red at that first part. ]

Really? He's... you can actually fluster him?

[coolerthansora]

Yeah. I've done it before.

[ex_knowledge575]

I didn't think it was possible.

[ She doesn't want to pry but the curse is still in full force. ]

So, you two are... [ dating? ]

[coolerthansora]

Best friends.

[Thankfully he doesn't see where she's going with that sentence or this would be awkward.]

I'm Roxas.

[ex_knowledge575]

Ah, of course. [ She's really glad she didn't continue that train of thought. It just seemed... natural? ]

Wait, you call your best friend cute?

I'm Annabeth. Good to meet you Roxas.

[coolerthansora]

[If only a certain someone thought so.]

Why not? He can be sometimes.

[ex_knowledge575]

You have a good point. [ She nods, wondering if she's picking up more than 'just friends' vibes from Roxas. One of her demigodly talents is reading people, but another is wisdom and she keeps silent about it. ]

How long have you been here for?

[coolerthansora]

Ah... It's been over a year now.

You're pretty new, right?

[ex_knowledge575]

Wow. I can't imagine being here a year. Three weeks seems long enough! Although I did get lucky, I guess, and my boyfriend and friend came along for the ride.

Did you know Axel before or did you meet here?

[coolerthansora]

That is lucky.

I've always known Axel. We met my first day. [...okay, he didn't mean to say it like that and it sounds a little weird.] W-we used to work together.

[ex_knowledge575]

[ Annabeth feels slightly puzzled. The way Roxas phrases it makes it sound like he's known Axel his entire life, but then they'd only worked together? Hmmm. ]

Oh? What did you used to do?

[coolerthansora]

We went on missions, fighting Heartless and stuff. They're- like monsters on our worlds.

[ex_knowledge575]

Ahh. Yep, fighting monsters is something I know a little about. Are they vicious?

[coolerthansora]

...I never really thought of them as vicious. They do everything on instinct. It's not like it's personal.

[ex_knowledge575]

Interesting. What exactly are they?

[coolerthansora]

They're creatures of darkess, born when a person's heart is lost to the dark.

[ex_knowledge575]

That sounds kind of sad. Although a lot of the monsters with Greek origins that I've fought have sad pasts too.

[coolerthansora]

It is, a little.

Greek? Umm, like Cerberus and that dragon with lots of heads? Do they all have too many heads...?

[ex_knowledge575]

Can a person regain their heart?

[ Annabeth laughs kindly. ] You got it. Too many of them do but not all of them. Some just have one big head and that's enough. Although if I never fought a Hydra again it'd be too soon.

[coolerthansora]

Yeah, but... That can be sad, too.

It did seem pretty tough.

[ex_knowledge575]

How so?

The legends and myths are pretty accurate with these things, unfortunately.

[coolerthansora]

Because- [His expression tightens, he doesn't really want to get into this, but it just comes out anyway.]

Sometimes when that happens, a Nobody is born, too, and if we become whole again-- we're not us anymore.

[ex_knowledge575]

[ Annabeth notices straight away that she's hit on a difficult, yet potentially interesting topic. ] Oh, hey, we don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. I don't want to accidentally take advantage of the curse.

[coolerthansora]

T-thanks. It's kind of personal.

[ex_knowledge575]

No worries. There are plenty of things I wouldn't want to talk about either.