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

[Action]

[perplexme]

...oh. [And really, what else can he say there? Just this look, Axel.]

[Action]

[flaring]

[That look. Whyyyy. He tries to grin a little.]

I'm being honest now, aren't I?

[Action]

[perplexme]

I don't know, are you?

[Action]

[flaring]

Yeah, I am. Ask me something and I'll answer. Honestly.

[Action]

[perplexme]

...tell me about you. Before the Organization, tell me everything you remember.

[Action] S'UP BBS SPOILER FOR AXEL HERE

[flaring]

[He's hesitating. Like really bad. But... okay. Fine.]

Before the Organization, huh? Well... I came from Radiant Garden. Like a lot of the Organization members did. I even met a few back when we all had hearts. I remember one particular time when I was about your age I was trying to sneak into the castle with a friend and Xaldin picked us up and threw us out on our rears. It's funny now that I think back on it. We'd hang out and eat ice cream when we weren't plotting something. Other than that I'm still pretty much the same as I was back then. Just a different name and older now.

[Action]

[perplexme]

...is that where the ice cream thing came from?

[Action]

[flaring]

It's always been a favorite of mine.

[Action]

[perplexme]

I guess that makes more sense now. I always thought it was a little weird. [Here, have a tentative smile at least?]

[Action]

[flaring]

But you didn't seem to mind.

[Action]

[perplexme]

I didn't really know what was going on at the time.

[Action]

[flaring]

I... guess.

[Action]

[perplexme]

It's...a good tradition. Xion and I liked it.

[Action]

[flaring]

So, anything else you want to know?

[Action]

[perplexme]

Depends. Anything else you're not telling me?

[Action]

[flaring]

[Scratches the back of his head. That's basically it except... there's one other, but there's no way he could tell Roxas.]

I think that's all the important stuff.

Re: [Action]

[perplexme]

Then that's all I want to know. [He looks sort of dejected though.] I was really hoping to come up with an idea to help Sora and Xion...but there's really nothing, is there?

[Action]

[flaring]

If there is then I don't know it. Not like I got told everything. Hard enough trying to weasel what I knew out of Saix.

[Action]

[perplexme]

...do you think Saix knew a lot more?

[Action]

[flaring]

I know he knew a lot more.

[He probably looks more miffed about that than he should be.]

[Action]

[perplexme]

No wonder she was afraid of him when he was here. This is getting out of hand, don't you think? We're missing a lot of stuff that would help.

[Action]

[flaring]

Xigbar might know.

[Action]

[perplexme]

Like Xigbar would tell us anyway. You know how he is.

[Action]

[flaring]

Yeah, well. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

[Action]

[perplexme]

Maybe I'll ask him anyway.