Larxene: ARGHHH!!! If anyone had told me how today was going to turn out, I would have had Marluxia decapitate me. It would have kept from going out of my head with worry about Jason. Don't ask how he got so deep under my skin, I'm not even sure myself. And Axel…I was furious at him, but I can't stay mad at him for being careless. Jason almost died, but his big sister came to his rescue. I would take Eileen with me too, if I didn't think she'd bash my head in with her baseball bat. Very few people are worth my time, and I've mentioned them all by name. And with them by my side, I can't fail to kill Xenmas and overthrow the Organization.
Day 69: coalesce. Twilight Town: «Larxene…not a woman you want mad at you. I could almost feel sorry for Axel. Almost. My strength might fade at any moment, but until then, I'll watch over Jason.» A mysterious cloaked figure standing on a roof dissolves, leaving a crystal heart in its place, which floats away.
Day 75: lurking under. The Grey Area: Jason was staring at a piece of paper pinned to the glass window when Zexion walked in. Zexion read the paper out loud, "Operations halted for vacation." "I didn't know this Organization took vacations. You guys can't feel, so why would you need a vacation?" Zexion smiled. Jason had a valid point. "Our bodies still need rest every so often." Jason grinned, "Oh, really?" then his grin faded. "What am I going to do?" A Dark Corridor opened up, and Roxas walked up to Jason. "I'm going to Twilight Town. Want to come with? You'll probably want to visit your family." Jason smiled again. "Sure! Thanks, Roxas." To Zexion: "If Larxene comes looking for me, tell her where I am. She knows I'll be back if she re-opens the Dark Corridor in a certain location." Zexion nodded his assent, and Roxas and Jason walked through the Dark Corridor. A couple minutes later, Larxene walked in asking, "Where's Jason? I was going to take him to visit his family." Zexion told her, and she frowned, but accepted it with a shrug and left. Not long after that, Axel walked through the still open Dark Corridor, which then closed. Zexion blinked, remembering what the figure from Halloween town had told him. Zexion re-opened the Dark Corridor and walked through.
Twilight Town: «watching Jason makes my heartache. It really does. I wish I had told him, "I love you" more often.
Jason's house: Jason was having his hair cut. When he walked through the front door, (Roxas had left him earlier) his family almost had a collective heart attack. After Jason expained what was going on, his family smothered him for a long while, then his mother sat him down in a chair and started cutting his hair. Jason could hear his mother cluck her disapproval. "If that Larxene insists on keeping you, she should at least take proper care of you." "Mom, she is neither the maternal nor the domestic type." Jason's mom sighed. "I know. I wish I could spend more time with you, but this will have to do." Then, as an afterthought, "If one day you tell me you're getting married to her, I think I'd die." "MOM! weren't you listening to me?" Jason's mom dropped the subject, and they talked about nothing until she was finished. Then, Jason showered, and afterwards, his dad came, and they left together.
Twilight Town ice cream shop: "my son, why didn't you tell me you became a man?" "Dad, didn't Eileen tell you?" "No, because she knows somethings are better left between father and son." Jason stopped. His father had a point. "so Jason: tell me what happened." Jason shook his head. No matter what his father threatened him with, he wouldn't spill. He grinned unexpectedly. "I'm proud of you, son. You don't go around spilling secrets, especially those better left between couples." Jason groaned out loud. He and his father were eating lemon-lime pops, Jason's favorite, and Jason didn't want to be reminded of the Organization, espicially in such a public place. "Son, want me to give you some general advice about women?" "Dad, she isn't a woman; she's a Nobody." He shook his head. "Jason, just listen." Jason sat back and listened, knowing he wouldn't get another day like this in a long while. Eileen came to claim her time with Jason, and they left.
On the train: the siblings were on their way to the beach and they talked, making sure to leave out the Organization. But Eileen couldn't help but indulge in some big sister teasing. "Soooo. Having fun with your girlfriend?" "If by fun, you mean dancing on the edge of total exaustion on a daily basis, then yes, I'm having a scream." Eileen kept her mouth shut after that, but couldn't help adding, "That good, huh?"
The beach: *gulps* «Jason looks sooo…hot. Oh god. I wish I was anyone else but myself, it would give me a chance to do him. Wait, what the hell am I thinking?»
Eileen sat on a towel on the beach, watching Jason swim in the water. He was as thin as ever, but he had filled out nicely. Her little brother was quite a catch, but at the age of eighteen, was already committed. Eileen didn't like seeing her brother have to grow up so fast, but it couldn't be helped. Eileen blinked, then focused. She could have sworn a teenage girl was watching Jason too, but now she was gone. Eileen relaxed, and reached for a soda, only to have it handed to her by a guy in a black coat. The sudden appearance of the blue-haired stranger took Eileen to the edge of heart failure and back, and she slapped the man, who didn't even flinch. "I'm Zexion," he said, "your little brother's best friend." Eileen started. She remembered hearing about Zexion. "Someone wants to kill Jason. Keep your eyes peeled. And never let your guard down." Zexion vanished. Eileen slowly stood up and yelled, "TIME TO GO!"
Twilight Town: Jason headed in the direction of the the Dark Corridor that would take him back to the Castle. His family had bid him farewell, and Eileen had offered to let him borrow her baseball bat, but he declined, since he had his knives that Larxene had given him a long time ago. Jason tensed suddenly. A group of Assassin Nobodies was up ahead. «Axel must have sent them on a mission.» And Jason was right. Jason took an alternate route to avoid the Assassins, so he didn't notice that he was being surrounded by them. Then, one attacked, and Jason barely dodged it. Jason saw all the Assassin Nobodies around him, and unseathed his knives and attacked back. He weaved, dodged, stabbed, and slashed, slaying Assassin after Assassin. But their were too many. One was about to overtake him when its head was smashed in, and Eileen was standing next to him with her baseball bat. The siblings fought on, until their mom showed up with a hatchet. Soon afterwards, their dad showed up with a portable chainsaw and the family finished off the Assassin Nobodies. "Dad, where did the chainsaw come from?" He grinned. "I needed a hobby with you gone. I took up woodshop." Axel came out of nowhere, apologizing endlessly. "Shush, Axel. No harm done." Axel grinned sheeplishy. "You're lucky I caught it on time and aborted the mission. I'll take you home. Let's go." Axel and Jason left, but before Axel's eyes met Eileen's.
Larxene stood there, staring. When Jason hadn't shown up, she had become impatient, and gone looking for him, only to find him fighting the Assassins. When Jason was almost overtaken, she almost intervened, but then his whole family had shown up, making Larxene glad that she was on this family's good side. A baseball bat, a hatchet, a…chainsaw. A freaking chainsaw. Larxene opened the Dark Corridor and entered it.
The Castle that Never Was: «That girl knows.» Axel's non-heart thumped with panic. Jason's sister, Eileen, had more than a spark of intelligence in those lime-green eyes. «I have to step up my plan. If Jason doesn't die soon, that girl will blow my plan up in my face.» Jason was in bed by now. «Tomorrow. I'll kill him tomorrow.»
Twilight Town: «GYYYAHHH!! If I hadn't warned Zexion, Jason would've died in a so-called "accident" I can't touch Axel—that's not allowed. All I can do is stop him. And I will whatever it takes»
Day 69: coalesce. Twilight Town: «Larxene…not a woman you want mad at you. I could almost feel sorry for Axel. Almost. My strength might fade at any moment, but until then, I'll watch over Jason.» A mysterious cloaked figure standing on a roof dissolves, leaving a crystal heart in its place, which floats away.
Day 75: lurking under. The Grey Area: Jason was staring at a piece of paper pinned to the glass window when Zexion walked in. Zexion read the paper out loud, "Operations halted for vacation." "I didn't know this Organization took vacations. You guys can't feel, so why would you need a vacation?" Zexion smiled. Jason had a valid point. "Our bodies still need rest every so often." Jason grinned, "Oh, really?" then his grin faded. "What am I going to do?" A Dark Corridor opened up, and Roxas walked up to Jason. "I'm going to Twilight Town. Want to come with? You'll probably want to visit your family." Jason smiled again. "Sure! Thanks, Roxas." To Zexion: "If Larxene comes looking for me, tell her where I am. She knows I'll be back if she re-opens the Dark Corridor in a certain location." Zexion nodded his assent, and Roxas and Jason walked through the Dark Corridor. A couple minutes later, Larxene walked in asking, "Where's Jason? I was going to take him to visit his family." Zexion told her, and she frowned, but accepted it with a shrug and left. Not long after that, Axel walked through the still open Dark Corridor, which then closed. Zexion blinked, remembering what the figure from Halloween town had told him. Zexion re-opened the Dark Corridor and walked through.
Twilight Town: «watching Jason makes my heartache. It really does. I wish I had told him, "I love you" more often.
Jason's house: Jason was having his hair cut. When he walked through the front door, (Roxas had left him earlier) his family almost had a collective heart attack. After Jason expained what was going on, his family smothered him for a long while, then his mother sat him down in a chair and started cutting his hair. Jason could hear his mother cluck her disapproval. "If that Larxene insists on keeping you, she should at least take proper care of you." "Mom, she is neither the maternal nor the domestic type." Jason's mom sighed. "I know. I wish I could spend more time with you, but this will have to do." Then, as an afterthought, "If one day you tell me you're getting married to her, I think I'd die." "MOM! weren't you listening to me?" Jason's mom dropped the subject, and they talked about nothing until she was finished. Then, Jason showered, and afterwards, his dad came, and they left together.
Twilight Town ice cream shop: "my son, why didn't you tell me you became a man?" "Dad, didn't Eileen tell you?" "No, because she knows somethings are better left between father and son." Jason stopped. His father had a point. "so Jason: tell me what happened." Jason shook his head. No matter what his father threatened him with, he wouldn't spill. He grinned unexpectedly. "I'm proud of you, son. You don't go around spilling secrets, especially those better left between couples." Jason groaned out loud. He and his father were eating lemon-lime pops, Jason's favorite, and Jason didn't want to be reminded of the Organization, espicially in such a public place. "Son, want me to give you some general advice about women?" "Dad, she isn't a woman; she's a Nobody." He shook his head. "Jason, just listen." Jason sat back and listened, knowing he wouldn't get another day like this in a long while. Eileen came to claim her time with Jason, and they left.
On the train: the siblings were on their way to the beach and they talked, making sure to leave out the Organization. But Eileen couldn't help but indulge in some big sister teasing. "Soooo. Having fun with your girlfriend?" "If by fun, you mean dancing on the edge of total exaustion on a daily basis, then yes, I'm having a scream." Eileen kept her mouth shut after that, but couldn't help adding, "That good, huh?"
The beach: *gulps* «Jason looks sooo…hot. Oh god. I wish I was anyone else but myself, it would give me a chance to do him. Wait, what the hell am I thinking?»
Eileen sat on a towel on the beach, watching Jason swim in the water. He was as thin as ever, but he had filled out nicely. Her little brother was quite a catch, but at the age of eighteen, was already committed. Eileen didn't like seeing her brother have to grow up so fast, but it couldn't be helped. Eileen blinked, then focused. She could have sworn a teenage girl was watching Jason too, but now she was gone. Eileen relaxed, and reached for a soda, only to have it handed to her by a guy in a black coat. The sudden appearance of the blue-haired stranger took Eileen to the edge of heart failure and back, and she slapped the man, who didn't even flinch. "I'm Zexion," he said, "your little brother's best friend." Eileen started. She remembered hearing about Zexion. "Someone wants to kill Jason. Keep your eyes peeled. And never let your guard down." Zexion vanished. Eileen slowly stood up and yelled, "TIME TO GO!"
Twilight Town: Jason headed in the direction of the the Dark Corridor that would take him back to the Castle. His family had bid him farewell, and Eileen had offered to let him borrow her baseball bat, but he declined, since he had his knives that Larxene had given him a long time ago. Jason tensed suddenly. A group of Assassin Nobodies was up ahead. «Axel must have sent them on a mission.» And Jason was right. Jason took an alternate route to avoid the Assassins, so he didn't notice that he was being surrounded by them. Then, one attacked, and Jason barely dodged it. Jason saw all the Assassin Nobodies around him, and unseathed his knives and attacked back. He weaved, dodged, stabbed, and slashed, slaying Assassin after Assassin. But their were too many. One was about to overtake him when its head was smashed in, and Eileen was standing next to him with her baseball bat. The siblings fought on, until their mom showed up with a hatchet. Soon afterwards, their dad showed up with a portable chainsaw and the family finished off the Assassin Nobodies. "Dad, where did the chainsaw come from?" He grinned. "I needed a hobby with you gone. I took up woodshop." Axel came out of nowhere, apologizing endlessly. "Shush, Axel. No harm done." Axel grinned sheeplishy. "You're lucky I caught it on time and aborted the mission. I'll take you home. Let's go." Axel and Jason left, but before Axel's eyes met Eileen's.
Larxene stood there, staring. When Jason hadn't shown up, she had become impatient, and gone looking for him, only to find him fighting the Assassins. When Jason was almost overtaken, she almost intervened, but then his whole family had shown up, making Larxene glad that she was on this family's good side. A baseball bat, a hatchet, a…chainsaw. A freaking chainsaw. Larxene opened the Dark Corridor and entered it.
The Castle that Never Was: «That girl knows.» Axel's non-heart thumped with panic. Jason's sister, Eileen, had more than a spark of intelligence in those lime-green eyes. «I have to step up my plan. If Jason doesn't die soon, that girl will blow my plan up in my face.» Jason was in bed by now. «Tomorrow. I'll kill him tomorrow.»
Twilight Town: «GYYYAHHH!! If I hadn't warned Zexion, Jason would've died in a so-called "accident" I can't touch Axel—that's not allowed. All I can do is stop him. And I will whatever it takes»
Not much to do today. Looking back at my life, I say it was fine. I have no regrets. I sigh and peek at what he's doing. The one that has my appearence is eating Sea-Salt Ice Cream. Yum! The red head is saying something, but it's too blurry for me to hear. The girl is smiling, but not really paying attention.
It pains me sometimes. The three remind me of what I used to have. Terra. Aqua. I wonder where they are now? My memories are fading fast. Maybe when my host gets a heart I can be free. Maybe Sora found a way to free me, if he hasn't forgotten me.
I slide back down into the Darkness. Vantias is glaring at me again, but I'm to tired to fight with him today. "Oathkeeper!" Vantias hisses. "Oblivion." I yawn back. My energy was all used up. Closing my eyes, I hear them, whispering from my memories.
"Ventus! Ventus! Ventus!" Yawning, I imagine laughing and sparring with Terra and Aqua as I drift.
It pains me sometimes. The three remind me of what I used to have. Terra. Aqua. I wonder where they are now? My memories are fading fast. Maybe when my host gets a heart I can be free. Maybe Sora found a way to free me, if he hasn't forgotten me.
I slide back down into the Darkness. Vantias is glaring at me again, but I'm to tired to fight with him today. "Oathkeeper!" Vantias hisses. "Oblivion." I yawn back. My energy was all used up. Closing my eyes, I hear them, whispering from my memories.
"Ventus! Ventus! Ventus!" Yawning, I imagine laughing and sparring with Terra and Aqua as I drift.