audience - axelea

[cyclists]

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[cyclists]

[Haha, yikes.]

We don't even have that many people left. [But he's thinking...] What counts as a "current confidant"? Who even is that?

[leaberator]

Pretty sure it meant Xion, Naminé, Isa, Shess an' Emma.

[ not that he could ever get Saix to say the words 'i trust you' genuinely unless he was dying but yknow ]

[cyclists]

[Hm...] Do you think people are really going to have a hard time trusting you now? It's not like they wouldn't do the same.

[He's biased.]

[leaberator]

[ axel decides to not remind roxas of that one time when he stopped trusting axel because he'd kept secrets ]

I need you guys to understand how unlikely it is for people to declare they trust each other unless the subject comes up somehow. [ but jokes aside ] I'm more worried about figuring out the element part of it. Like you said, there aren't that many people left.

[cyclists]

[He remembers. But it goes against his point so he's conveniently forgetting. Either way, he makes a face.]

Yeah, well, that wasn't my choice so talk to Lune. [He frowns again.] Everybody gave their elements last week so narrowing it down won't be hard. It's just that the few air who're remaining aren't exactly the friendliest people in the first place.

[leaberator]

Yeah. Ahh, whatever. I'll figure it out.

[ but not right this second because he? has a headache? or maybe that's just his jaw lmao oops ]

... I meant to ask... Did you ever find out if there even is a way to bring everyone back? I'm guessing the universe'll be more inclined if we defeat the corruption, blablabla, but. There's no long term plan on either front as far as I know.

[cyclists]

...you're not going to like it. [So. Yes.] Shess knows what we have to do, apparently. I don't know if he's told you yet.

[leaberator]

Not yet.

[ hm. bad ]

You gonna tell me, or are you gonna keep it ominous?

[cyclists]

I don't know if I'm allowed to, but we can play another game.

[He doesn't like the universe muffling him because it means shadow fingers covering his mouth 8|] Or you can ask Shess. Or Valvatorez.

[leaberator]

[ val knows?? too?? hmmm ]

What's the game?

[cyclists]

The game is you update me on everything you guys already know and what you're working on, and we'll see if you're closer than you think.

[That's not a game, but also he doesn't know who might have spoken to who outside of what other people tell him.]

[leaberator]

Yeah, whatever everyone else has learned, I don't know jack. Last I heard from Shess, he didn't know anything.

[ he now knows?? how roxas felt???? all of days??? moving on ]

[cyclists]

[Suffer, binch.]

...you've written to them, haven't you? [Changing direction juuust a little.]

[leaberator]

[ well. there's not a lot of options there. ]

The dead? Yeah. Couple of 'em. [ ... hm ] So the information's from them?

[cyclists]

Something like that. You might want to ask around...word has it that more people are starting to learn things now. It'll change everything.

[leaberator]

... Alright. I'm gonna get back to you once I hear about it.

[ once he. wants to get out of this bed ]

[cyclists]

Whenever. [...] It'd be easier if I could tell you everything I know, but it doesn't work that way. So we have to do some workarounds and then figure out what to do.

[leaberator]

Yeah. I know.

[ he sighs ]

It ain't anymore fun for me, either.

[cyclists]

I thought we were finally done with this. [Secrets, mostly.] And now the universe is doing this.

[leaberator]

Ah, c'mon. It's not forever, at least.

[ look on the bright side... of life... axel said, lying down, stabbed ]

[cyclists]

[A withering look.] You're better at being cagey than I am. [i.e. Axel's a better liar and Roxas hates the universe, news at eleven.] Even if it doesn't last forever, this is really annoying.

[leaberator]

Don't call it cagey.

[ it's rude? it's true but it's rude? ]

I'm not gonna disagree, but it's not like there's anything we can do about it unless you figure out a way to stop those weird shadow hands from showing up.

[cyclists]

Getting better at saying things without saying them, maybe? [Stupid.] Think you can teach me how to be more vague? I feel like I could learn something.

[...it's sort of a joke, but also please help him he wants to give out information without getting stalled by shadow fingers =\]

[leaberator]

Teach you...?

[ roxas with that kind of power is terrifying, but it's not like he can say no. ]

I guess I can try? But I wasn't exactly the secret hint type.

[cyclists]

It's the only thing I can think of that I can do right now, Axel. I can't stop what happens on Thursday, I can't tell you everything we've been learning, I can't go through the gateways...so I have to try something else.

I know you weren't the hint type. [He. Remembers that really well.] But if I can figure out something from that it might work.