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New Moon, stop that.

[The golden retriever pulls away from the SFC camera, sparing you all prolonged exposure from a close up of a doggy nose. There's the sound of boots in the sand before Saix picks up the SFC and starts to clean it with a sigh. From what can be seen, he's somewhere on the island, the night sky stretched out above him. Settled in the sand is also a telescope, and some papers and books set up on a nearby rock.]

[Soon enough, he realizes that the SFC is on. Oh well. He might as well put it to good use- he had been wondering something tonight. Maybe someone in Vatheon could be useful.]

[When he speaks, he actually sounds fairly relaxed and calm instead of stoic, rigid, or just plain... well, douchebaggy.]

Is there anyone who knows anything about astronomy, or anything to do with the night sky? I'm simply curious.

[None of the Organization were really people he could have a conversation with about his element, and he's in a 'good' mood tonight. His gaze shifts away from the SFC until he's looking up into the sky.]

It's waxing crescent tonight...

[Action]

[Anyone up on the island tonight has a chance of running into Saix, who's found a nice spot on the beach. His black coat and gloves are folded off to the side, leaving him in a simple tank top and his pants as he looks through the telescope. If someone approaches, he'll look up and give a slight nod of recognition while his dog simply lays by the rocks, tail wagging.]

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[As usual, Axel spends his time at sundown up on the rooftops where he can have the best view of the sunset over the dome. However, ever since he learned about what else their night here has to offer, he's taken the opportunity to wander out for a longer time and take in the scenery. It's quite mesmerizing from the usual things like the moon and the water, but also the jellyfish illuminated by the light from above the surface of the sea.

It's just not easy to see the stars from underwater, so they're the closest he has unless he takes to the island. It's with that in mind that Axel decides to stay out for a little while more. Within moments he steps out of a Corridor and onto the white sand of the beach up top. It's different here at night... but he thinks he likes it this way the most. There's nothing to bother him up here; he can just be alone with his thoughts and the real starlight.

He's dressed casually tonight, his still wounded wrist and hand hidden away in the loose sleeve of his hooded jacket and the other hand shoved into his pocket. Axel's not particularly focused on anything when suddenly the sight of someone up along the shore surprises him and he looks up having just stopped in place. ... It's a sight only Axel would really be familiar with, and yet he feels odd looking at it, as if something about it isn't right.

... Ah. That's it. It's because it's Isa he sees, even for a little while, and it's just not settling with him the way it should.

Too caught up in watching, Axel doesn't say or do anything. Not yet.]

[Maybe it really is Isa who's standing in the sand, brushing his hair out of his face and jotting notes into a small journal. In a different kind of time, on a different kind of island, it used to be a common sight... A boy with duck tail hair and a little but genuine smile, hefting his backpack through the window to his friend so that they could wander off into the night until they were amongst the morning glories. A boy who would point out the different stars, who'd count the craters and dried up rivers on the moon, who'd laugh quietly at his best friend's comments and grab his hand whenever there was a shooting star- visible to the both of them without the help of the telescope Lea bought him for a birthday once upon a time.]

[It's probably an easier fantasy to think upon, without the black coat weighing down upon his body and serving as a reminder. For ten straight years or so, he's had to wear it, and little else. Without it, he could almost be normal. He could be anyone just stargazing.]

[Axel may not make a sound, or be close enough for his steps in the sand to mean much, but after a few seconds of his staring, Saix straightens and looks right to him without a word. It's been a longtime, but the light of crescent moons have always made him a little more sensitive to his surroundings. He spots Axel before the dog does, hopping to its feet and giving a loud bark. Saix doesn't say anything. He simply watches right back.]

Edited 2013-07-11 19:45 (UTC)

[To anyone else, sure, Saïx could just be anyone or no one right now, but to Axel– How can he brush him off, anyway? He's right there, sticking out like a sore thumb, doing something he's only seen Isa do, and that was a long time ago. It's just not possible for Saïx to look vulnerable... but like this Axel can tell clear as day he's at least in one of his better moods.

It puts him at ease.]

... Hey.

Hello.

[There really isn't anything to say. Axel didn't really look like he was expecting to see him, so Saix is going to guess this is simply something of a coincidence. That just makes it harder to make conversation, although he's faintly tempted to tell Axel to go away. But there that good 'mood' is again, keeping him sedate.]

... What's up?

[Small talk seems appropriate right now, right? Even though it's obvious what Saïx is doing anyway. It's just– He wants to talk.]

The night sky.

[Ha haaa... Although it is true, that is pretty much what he is focusing on right now. New Moon is still wagging his tail and looking interested, but Saix seems to have trained him well already. At a gesture, the dog lays down in the sand again but doesn't take his eyes off of Axel.]

What are you doing here?

[He scoffs at that, amused, then at the sight of the dog he walks up a little closer.]

Just going for a walk. Is that a bad thing?

I don't really care.

[He turns back to his telescope, his hand laying on it rather gently.]

I'm a bit busy right now. [So. Go away????]

[Nope. Not a chance. Drawing closer, he doesn't stop until he's right beside New Moon and flops down on the sand to pat the dog on the head.]

Remember when I got you one of those?

[YESSSSS give him all the attention. New Moon snuggles up to Axel promptly, further demonstrating he is the worst guard dog, and wiggles at each head pat. Saix, on the other hand, doesn't even look back at him. His fingers give a twitch before smoothing out again.]

I thought you weren't 'him' anymore. You certainly do like to pick and choose when you're 'Lea' and when you're 'Axel'.

[But yes. He remembers.]

[Cute. Axel scratches behind the ears and smooths his hand over New Moon's head and neck. Good doggy.]

I'm not. But he's a part of who I am.

[Shrug]

... So do you remember or what?

You don't act like it.

[Whatever. If he wants to be in denial, fine. Saix won't bother to do anything about it.]

...I do.

[Smirking, Axel continues to pet New Moon then gets to patting him on the back too. Doggies~ He likes doggies.

But his attention doesn't stay focused on the dog for long. Eventually he's back to glancing at Saïx and then the sky above where he can see the moon. As he remembers, it's waxing crescent tonight; Lea had sat through many of Isa's stargazing sessions and memorized almost every constellation and moon phase by heart.]

... See any constellations you recognize?

[It's the summer sky, so there are new ones around, no doubt.]

[When Axel actually stays quiet for more than a minute, Saix deigns it safe to continue ignoring him. He doesn't like the others presence here... But they seem to have reached a tenuous kind of agreement for now, unspoken as some of its parts may be. There's one last suspicious glance at Axel before he goes back to stargazing. He's about to reach for one of the notebooks when Axel speaks up again.]

Every World has a different kind of sky. Everything is unfamiliar here.

[Especially since it seems to be a World far away from the ones they know of.]

You never know. Things change pretty unexpectedly around here.

[One night they might see their sky and another night there might not even be a proper sky at all. Just... darkness. Unpredictability like that is unsettling for Axel, but all the same it's exciting. Thinking it, he keeps his eyes focused upward, quiet awe circling about within them.]

After all, the moon's pretty similar.

Hm.

[No comment. The sky in Never Was changed enough for his liking- utter darkness, and then Kingdom Hearts overtaking everything. He actually... likes the idea of something a little more permanent to look up at. It soothes him, a little. He's not sure if it happened when he lost his heart and stopped being 'Isa', or if it happened sometime between, but he can't help but feel like he's made out of jagged edges sometimes. Axel's presence makes it worse sometimes, really, although it was the only moon Never Was had that really brought it out.]

[He gives a small shake of his head, straightening so that he's looking at the moon with his own eyes instead of relying on anything else.]

No... It's different. It's very different.. It's full of so much energy- seeing and reflecting so much of it.

[His voice is strangely soft as he mentions it, not quite there.]

[Curiously he looks over at Saïx when he hears those words. Different? Well, he supposes that this is what he knows best, what he's in tune with best, so there's no sense in arguing about the subject. Saïx must be right. Axel could leave the conversation there... but something prompts him to keep speaking as he tucks his knees up to his chest and hugs his arms around them.

Isa, tell me about the moon again. What is it tonight? What'll it be tomorrow?

Can we go see it together?]

What else?

[It's without really thinking that he answers. Maybe he'd otherwise say something, but the moon- when's the last time he's been with a moon that felt like this? He's been near Kingdom Hearts for too long, it feels like he's nearly forgotten. But letting the moon influence him, and talking with Axel... It's like picking up something very old and fumbling with it guided only by half hazy memories. Like riding a bike. Like looking through a telescope.]

It's still so faint right now.. Its glow dimmed. That let other things be seen, like something shining right above it- a World, or a star. I can't tell yet.

[He listens, nodding as he does. It's all familiar to him, sitting and listening quietly while Isa flips through his notebooks and points up at the stars, telling him all that he's learned, everything he's seen- Lea might not have understood everything, but it was still worth it to see Isa come out of his shell like that.

To Lea, his friend was like the moon itself- quiet, soft spoken, but with so much power and poise.]

... Can I take a look?

[said as he glance over at the telescope.]

[That finally seems to snap him out of his admittedly pleasant daze, and he stares suspiciously at Axel.]

...You might break it.

[He rolls his eyes.]

I've never broken it before.

That doesn't diminish the fact that you might now.

I won't. What reason would I have to break it anyway?

[More eye rolling. Honestly.]

You're a brat.

[Just tellin' it like it is bro]

And you're way too stiff.

[Don't mind him, he'll just be holding up New Moon's head with both hands so he can massage his jaw. Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy~?]

I'm the only one who got anything done. And New Moon, stop that.

[Sorry, doge is currently busy. Too busy just leaaaaning into Axel and thumping his hind leg a little. Yesssss, he is the best boy.]

Oh, don't give yourself that much credit. I never even saw you get out there on the field and kick ass.

[Who's a good doggy? Yes, you're a good doggy, awwwwwww.]

You know I've been on the field before. I simply got too busy to continue to take on missions, and the Organization grew to where the workload could be better distributed.

[And then it got cut down to size again so, y'know.]

Sure, sure. Blame it all on something else, why don't you.

[You can just never be wrong, can you. But whatever. He's used to it. Axel continues to pet doggy before he has to give his hands a rest. So, he'll go ahead and make himself comfortable, flopping backward onto the sand with his arms folded behind his head. ... Hm. The night sky really is nice here.]

Fortunately for me, I had twelve somethings to blame it all on.

[Such a teamplayer he is.]

[Saix watches him for a moment longer, as if not really sure what to make of him, before he turns his back on him once again. This was a nice night, and he's determined to salvage it.]

[Axel just won't bother responding to that and instead relaxes, staring up at the sky in silence. It's so familiar... He can remember Lea being quiet for once while his friend talked on and on about the stars and the worlds, then at one point he would just fall fast asleep, not because he was bored, but because he felt so much at peace.

Really, it's not his intention to bother Saïx right now. He just wants to be here. That's all.]

[There won't be any chatter this night, unfortunately. He stopped being so energetically enthused about even the things he likes- liked?- a long time ago. There's just the soft scratching of pen on paper every now and then, and the quiet noises that are made when Saix adjusts his telescope. Just like Isa, he'll probably try to stay up until the sun's rays finally start to tint the very horizon a lighter color than the deep blues and purples of the nighty sky.]

To an extent, but I haven't done much beyond the occasional stargazing since I was in my twenties.

_{[What with work and then prison, whoops.]}

I see.

[The SFC is placed down so that Saix can use both his hands again, adjusting the telescope just slightly.]

What was it like on your World, then?

Assuming you mean the skies, then it was essentially the same as the one here to my knowledge.

_{[Because who knows if this world has the same solar system as his own world. It all looks the same as far as the constellations go to him.]}

I doubt it really was.

[Whoops, got an astronomy snob over here.]

Having stars and a moon does not make two different skies the same. That's over simplifying things.

Hence why I said 'essentially'.

_{[Then light frown.]}

It's not polite to mutter like that, Mister Saix.

_{[y e p, he's heard alllllllll about you c: He has ~connections~]}

[That earns his attention, seeming to snap him out of his haze.]

How do you know my name?

It's not a large city. Men with blue hair do tend to stick out and people are bound to get curious about their identities.

_{[hint: a little keyblade wielder told him, but not the ones that he'd probably think of first.]}

Edited 2013-07-11 04:17 (UTC)

Considering there are far stranger things in this city than hair color, that seems like it would be an odd thing to focus on.

[It's just blue, it's not like it defies gravity like Axel or Sora's does, jeez.]

That may be true for you, but it's rather eye-catching when the strangest color I've seen in my world was a... _{[Man? Woman? Screw it;]} Someone with green hair.

_{[Axel's hair still throws him for a loop. It's just so red.]}

[Saix doesn't exactly buy it, but he won't push, for now. He'll take his time with it, along with other things.]

It's rude to use my name when I don't have yours.

[Not that he really cares about manners, but still.]

_{[Good; he doesn't really want Vanitas getting angry with him right now.]}

Ah, my apologies. My name is Solf J. Kimblee.

I see. I recall seeing you briefly from a post you made on the network. You've been here for some time, isn't that right?

Mm, that was just the other day. It's been a year.

How have you been filling up the time?

[Because up until last week, he'd nearly lost his mind for lack of any real purpose or objective.]

You say that like you've never had any free time.

I haven't.

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