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[killitwithfire]

Axel has to hand it to the girl - she's got nerve. But now that he's tracked her to Twilight Town, it'll be easier to catch her. There are plenty of new Nobodies here, those who haven't been found by the Organization yet, and so have no reason to think him a traitor.

One of them has reported spotting her, so he's heading that way; he doesn't trust his temporary minions enough to capture her for him. She knows what the dark paths look like now, and Axel knows that she'd just run if she saw them open up nearby, so he's decided to go to her the old-fashioned way - through the door.

Only, instead of the shop he'd been expecting, he steps through into a bar.

"Hello." A glance behind him shows the street behind him still, the one passerby frozen midstep. "...Luxord? Xigbar?" he asks the air warily. They're the only explanation he can think of for time and space not behaving themselves.

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[forge-fire.livejournal.com]

And sitting not far is someone who looks up from his work with a particularly stubborn spoon-snake as soon as Axel walks in the door. Aha. Interesting.

[killitwithfire]

When he doesn't recieve a response from either of the usual suspects, Axel takes another cautious step into the bar. This is where that Dusk had seen her, although they were easily confused...

"Hey," he says to a guy sitting nearby. "You haven't seen a girl, about this tall, pink dress, reddish hair...?"

And why is there something about the guy..?

[forge-fire.livejournal.com]

His eyebrow twitches and he gives a small, warm smile before shrugging his shoulders. He might have. There were so many people here, after all, and he wasn't the most observant when he was working on something and the spoon-snake was being difficult.

[killitwithfire]

"Great." He glances around the room, and spots neither hide nor hair of Kairi. He takes another step, and the door shuts itself behind him with a soft click.

[forge-fire.livejournal.com]

He shrugs again, this time with the sort of calm and almost contented acceptance of someone who rather enjoys seeing what he can do with what life hands him on the fly. After all, this was a nice enough place and there was food and a place to sit. Surely Axel could find something to do there besides look for whoever he's looking for.

He nods to the seat not far from him.

[killitwithfire]

Food and a place to sit matter less when you're frantically trying to get the one person in the entire universe - any of them - who matters to you back.

"I don't really have the time."

[forge-fire.livejournal.com]

He points behind Axel. The door is closed. Is it still even there?

[mogget_cat]

(ooc: *fangirlsfangirlsfangirls* Squee! If I didn't have class, I would totally tag him. ...oh, what the hell. Eventual slowtime is love?)

There's an albino young man wearing all white at one of the nearer tables; he looks up at the newcomer, and smiles. "Another newcomer? Ah."

"Welcome," he greets easily, not getting up.

[killitwithfire]

"'Another?'" Axel asks. That's a good sign. "Have you seen a girl, about this high, pink dress, reddish hair..."?

He's looking for Kairi so he can get Sora, so he can get Roxas back.

((OOC: I'm down with slowtime. ^^))

[mogget_cat]

"I cannot say that I have, but there are many here who I have not met, even though I have been here longer than many."

"Perhaps you will find her here," he says, still smiling. "First things first, however: do you know where here is?"

[killitwithfire]

"Not the world I was just in," Axel says, He can tell that much. "Past that..." He shrugs. He hasn't seen outside yet.

"She would've just come in."

[mogget_cat]

"I am afraid she did not, though time here is a tricky thing."

"You are in Milliways, the bar at the end of the universe. All universes. Some people find themselves here unexpectedly, while others can come here deliberately. Some, like myself, have found that this place fits them better than any one world can, and have made it their home. Some find that time stops in the world they left, when they are here. It is... tricky, as I said."

Eventually, the pale young man, bright in all white, gets to his feet and motions to the bar counter. "First drinks are free, for newcomers. It's tradition, and newcomers usually need something strong, after seeing the Observation Window." Green catseyes glance over Axel's left shoulder towards the Window.

[killitwithfire]

Axel takes the bait, and glances over his shoulder. And then turns, so he can get a better look. He gives a low whistle.

"That's pretty damned impressive."

[orgmemberxiii.livejournal.com]

Roxas has been in the bar for a little while now, and he's practically got a pattern going. Wake up, get dressed, go eat breakfast. People watch, go upstairs to sleep or read, come down for lunch. Go outside, skateboard around the bar, people watch until he goes to bed.

He's currently in the middle of his 'lunch' phase (time is hard to track sometimes), sandwich lifted to his mouth, when he spots a familiar face.

Holy shit sums up his thoughts right now.

"Axel?"

[ooc: If you have AIM, perhaps we could/should get in touch?]

[killitwithfire]

That voice short-circuits all other thought-processes.

"Roxas!"

There are no other words. His feet are already moving themselves towards Roxas.

Because it's Roxas.

The find Kairi-get Sora-get Roxas process has been ended.

Because. There. Is Roxas.

[orgmemberxiii.livejournal.com]

Now, it's nothing personal, but experience has taught Roxas that when Axel is coming his way, fiery pain often follows. So he scoots his chair back, glad to have the table between them, and tries not to sound afraid.

"Hey! Stay back! There are rules here!"

[killitwithfire]

Axel pauses.

"What do you mean?" He has no intention of hurting Roxas. Grabbing his hands and shouting 'You're ALIVE!' maybe.

[orgmemberxiii.livejournal.com]

"Every time we meet you pull out these crazy fire wheels and try to kill me! That's not allowed here, people will stop you if you try!"

They may have parted on reasonably good terms, but still, he's going to be cautious until he's sure he means him no harm.

[killitwithfire]

"Ah, that, yeah. Orders, you know. But I'm through with that," Axel says, with a broad cutting gesture for emphasis.

"I thought you were..." He shakes his head. "Never mind. I'm glad you're alive."

[aerora.livejournal.com]

Sora spots a black-cloak in the bar, and his face goes

:O

and then

D:<

He stands up, fists clenched. "You!" he shouts. He runs up to him immediately, Keyblade in his hand, forgetting completely about the 'No Violence' rule when all he can see is Axel and there's the fact that he was part of the Organization who had kidnapped Kairi...

"Where is she? What did you do with Kairi?"

[killitwithfire]

Blink. Blink. Roxas, but then Sora, and he knew Axel had had Kairi... He isn't phased for long.

"Whoa there. Aren't you forgetting the rules?" he asks, holding up a chastening finger.

[aerora.livejournal.com]

He takes a deep breath, shaking his head.

"I don't care," he says, voice low, but he does lower his Keyblade just a bit. "Just tell me where she is."

[killitwithfire]

He crosses his arms and shrugs, in a 'no skin off my back' kind of way.

"Last I saw, she was running around with those kids in Twilight Town. If you're stuck here, I'd be happy to dump you back there."

[aerora.livejournal.com]

The Keyblade disappears and he sighs a little dejectedly. As long as he can't do anything to Axel, Axel can't do anything to him.

Frowning, Sora asks, "Twilight Town? But...they said that she was taken by one of you guys."

[killitwithfire]

Axel shrugs. "She got away," he says, not admitting his own part in the kidnapping.

"Besides, I'm not with them anymore."