Forty-Fifth Keychain-[Written/Potentially Action for Axel and Xion]

[perplexme]

If you can't trust your friends, who can you trust?
What do you do when...no.
If something's based on life and de--

So...if people you know are keeping secrets from you, should you bother asking them about it until they cave in, or just believe them when they say it's for your own good? How would you know it's for your own good...actually, how would they know? It's your good, not theirs, right?

I can't settle for waiting and doing nothing until it's over.

[He left this unfiltered from certain people on purpose, mostly hoping he could draw out the answers he wanted. The strikes aren't too legible, but if a person squinted enough and tilted their head, they could probably make them out.]

Comments

[voice]

[fourteen]

[ ... what more could you possibly want from me ): ]

That's good... if he did, then I don't think there's anything left you don't know about... that I know of, anyway. Axel's always been kind of mysterious.

[voice]

[perplexme]

[Well not dying's a good favor :|]

I think that's everything I was missing, but you know how Axel is.

[voice]

[fourteen]

[ IF ONLY. ]

Yeah. But I think he's gotten a little better at opening up about things... a little, at least.

[voice]

[perplexme]

Not that it matters.

[voice]

[fourteen]

... what do you mean? Of course it matters.

[Filtered suddenly]

[perplexme]

Why? Tell me that.

[Filtered]

[fourteen]

[ uh oh. this can't possibly end well. ]

He's trying, Roxas. Axel may not always be honest, but he's our best friend and I know he cares about us. Why wouldn't it matter?

[Filtered]

[perplexme]

...he wasn't trying enough. Xion, he lied. A lot. Why would he lie to me from the very beginning?

[Filtered]

[fourteen]

Roxas, you aren't the only one that was lied to. [ she doesn't sound accusatory, just ... sad, bewildered, tense. ] Maybe the Organization ordered him to... I don't know! All I know is that he's our friend. Why can't that just be what matters?

[Filtered]

[perplexme]

That's not the point! [Sorry Xion, he actually sounds pretty upset.] How do we actually know?

[Filtered]

[fourteen]

[ it's frightening her a little bit. ]

... know which, Roxas? That he's telling the truth ... or that he cares?

[Filtered]

[perplexme]

...both?

[Filtered]

[fourteen]

Roxas... if you think Axel really doesn't care about us, I don't really know what to say. I know he cares about us. But if you really doubt it... I think that's something you need to work out with him.

[Filtered]

[perplexme]

...Xion, you haven't lied to me from the beginning, have you?

[Filtered]

[fourteen]

No. I had nothing to lie about for a long while. I thought I was just another Nobody... though when I found out the truth about myself, I didn't know how to tell you or Axel. He just figured it out on his own.

[Filtered]

[perplexme]

...and then you didn't tell me until the very end.

[Filtered]

[fourteen]

... I was scared. I'm sorry, Roxas.

[Filtered]

[perplexme]

It's okay...I think. [There's a loud sigh.] You both did it for my own good, right?

[Filtered]

[fourteen]

I did it... because I was frightened, and I didn't want to make you worry too.

[Filtered]

[perplexme]

But if you had told me, I could have helped. I could have done something before it was too late.

[Filtered]

[fourteen]

... do you really believe that, Roxas? You were the one I was hurting. How could you have stopped it?

[Filtered]

[perplexme]

I don't know, but I would have figured something out! You believe that, right?

[Filtered]

[fourteen]

[ freezes. he can't do anything now, can he? why would he have been able to do something then? her voice starts out as a whisper, then rises only just above ] No. Roxas, this is what I was made for. My only purpose is to do this... you already know the only way to stop me is to kill me. This is what I am... I don't think you can change that.

[Filtered]

[perplexme]

...but I don't want to do it again. I don't even remember the first time!

[Filtered]

[fourteen]

... you don't have to. But I'm ... not sure who will. I haven't ... asked anyone.