2nd Day [Action]

[seasaltkeys]

Sparkle!

Sparkle! Where'd you go?

[Today, we have a Roxas wandering the streets of Traverse Town. He doesn't really want to be here, would rather be back in Twilight Town because that's familiar in a good way, but his new dream eater decided that that wasn't fun at all, and felt the need to explore.

Roxas is currently scouring Traverse Town looking for her, Bouncer trotting along at his heels, a photograph in his mouth. Roxas is letting him carry it, because he needs both hands for fighting Nightmares. Two keyblades and all you know?]

C'mon, this isn't funny!

[He thinks he sees it run down a back alley and chases after it.]

Sparkle!

Darn rabbit.

Comments

[seasaltkeys]

[That, is a concept Roxas still has trouble wrapping his head around.]

What does that mean, exactly?

[shadearchivist]

Apparently when a Nobody dies, they wake as their former self again. I have my heart back. If I'd known it was this simple...

[Ienzo shakes his head.]

To tell the truth, there is no way of knowing if such a thing would have been possible if Sora hadn't soundly defeated the Organization. Considering when I recovered myself, I tend to thing that those things must have been connected somehow.

[seasaltkeys]

[Roxas supposed that was true. Although, his former self was a little bit different. He's not sure what to think about all this, about how it all ties back to Sora.]

They probably are then. So everyone's gone? All the Organization?

[Not that he was overly fond of anyone aside from Axel (and Xion), but he liked Luxord well enough.]

[shadearchivist]

For a value of "gone," yes. Most of us remembered our previous lives; you were an exception. For most of us, we're being restored to the state that we should be. [Ienzo pauses.] Ah, I suppose you would appreciate knowing that Lea has returned to himself.

[seasaltkeys]

[An exception. Roxas looks down at the ground, scuffing his foot. He's still not sure if that's supposed to be a good thing or not.

It takes him a moment to rearrange the letters.]

You mean Axel, right?

[That means he's okay. Roxas is glad to hear that, but it brings up a lot of other worries. That means he's back to normal where Roxas...isn't. And Roxas isn't sure if that means he can keep that promise they made. His expression is one of confusion and relief.]

[shadearchivist]

Yes. Lea was his name before he was part of the Organization and I believe he will be using it again. I hope he enjoys a tedious eternity of telling people to memorize his new old name.

[It would be unkind to wish worse on Lea, but death of a thousand "isn't your name Axel?"s would have to suffice.]

[seasaltkeys]

Oh.

[Roxas, isn't sure how to feel about that one. If he's Lea again, does that mean that he's not Axel anymore?]

He got enough people to memorize the old one.

[shadearchivist]

Well, it was a habit of his from his life before the Organization. I don't precisely recall whether he had difficulty shifting from Lea to Axel, and I haven't spoken to him a great deal since our recovery.

[Ienzo ponders the matter for a moment.]

Has Sora spoken to you about Nobodies?

[seasaltkeys]

[Roxas shook his head. His last conversation hadn't exactly gone swimmingly.]

Not really. Why?

[shadearchivist]

He told us - that is, several of us here, of course - that he'd learned that Nobodies can grow replacement hearts. That only our belief that it couldn't occur hindered our hearts' development.

[He's not sure how much it will comfort Roxas - after all, surely a Nobody can't exist independently of their original even if it's a special case, as Sora's was. Still, it's something to hold onto.]

[seasaltkeys]

[Roxas stares at Ienzo, trying to figure that out. Grow replacement hearts? Really? Is that how it really went? Did he even count? He wasn't exactly a normal nobody after all...]

What does that even mean? That I'll stop being a nobody?

[shadearchivist]

I'm not sure, to be quite honest.

[Ienzo only knew what Sora had explained, but not how it was supposed to work.]

[seasaltkeys]

Probably doesn't apply to me anyway.

[shadearchivist]

Xehanort would know, of course. Sora seems to know more about it than anyone else here, and I believe he'd explain things to you if to no one else.

[seasaltkeys]

[Not exactly the people he wants to ask, so he keeps his eyes on the ground.]

I guess I'll think about it. I don't really know if I want an answer.

[shadearchivist]

[Clearly Roxas has matured quite a bit since Ienzo knew him. Unsurprising, truthfully.]

It's good to be aware that there might be some things you'd rather not know. If you'd like any information that I might be able to assist you with, I'm willing to answer questions, however. The Organization did all of us a disservice.

[seasaltkeys]

I'll think about it.

[Disservice or not, it doesn't change the fact that Ienzo used to be part of the Organization, and that is enough reason for Roxas to be wary.]

I'm getting the hang of this place.

[shadearchivist]

And your bunny seems to have been well and truly caught for now.

[Well, not that it would necessarily stay in that state, Ienzo had to admit. Still, the situation looked to be in hand.]

[seasaltkeys]

Yeah, about time. Hopefully she won't get away again.

[Because he's running out of energy.]

[shadearchivist]

[Ienzo inclines his head.]

Best of luck. I hope that we can speak again sometime.

[Ienzo waits for a goodbye from Roxas; there's not much else to say right now.]

[seasaltkeys]

Yeah, sure. Maybe.

Uh, thanks.

[It's said awkwardly. He needs to get used to having people be friendly toward him. Even if he's wary, he supposes Ienzo isn't so bad.]