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Who: The Kingdom Hearts cast (+ their shinki, if they so choose)
Where: Selene's Temple
When: March 29, late afternoon to evening, and onto March 30
What: A sleepover!
Warnings: None, and there probably won't be any. Will update if necessary.

[ Axel, Sora, the Riku Replica, Ventus, and both Roxases--they've all been notified by text that Naminé's hosting a sleepover. (Riku, she'd just told herself.) It had been Sora's idea, but Naminé liked it well enough. She's actually not sure what a sleepover entails, but she knows lots of snacks are involved.

Which is why there's a huge variety lain out in the main room of Naminé's temple. There are tons of pillows and blankets, too, enough to make pillow forts--but someone would have to suggest the idea for Naminé to even consider it. There are movies, too, but maybe someone should bring their own, if they have any...

In any case, Naminé's excited (if somewhat nervous, funnily enough) to get the night started. ]

(( treat this like a mingle log, guys! go crazy, tbh. ))

Comments

[doestheickyjobs]

You died?

[Axel sounds uncertainly concerned. If he came back before he got here, though, maybe he's fine? How does that even work? Roxas seems way too young to wind up dead.]

... I don't know how they pick us. Who knows what I used to be like, anyway?

[missingache]

... yeah... but the Witch brought my friend and I back. Funny thing was I didn't tell Sora for months until we got into a huge fight.

[They didn't talk to each other for a while, and Roxas almost left the room.]

I... I can't tell you that. But I think you'll figure it out.

[doestheickyjobs]

You and Sora, you mean? You both died?

[Are Sora and Roxas friends? Axel's not sure. He hasn't really seen them talk. They kind of look similar, though, like they could be siblings.

It could just be the big blue eyes.

He just nods, at Roxas's comment about his past. He'll figure out who he is now, anyway. That's all that matters anymore.]

[missingache]

No, my friend Aki. We went out to get something for the Witch, but she didn't tell us all the monsters were super angry.

[It's a lot more complicated than that. It might take a while to explain it fully, and it'd be confusing since you've got no memories, Axel. So... let's just not go down that road just yet.]

[doestheickyjobs]

Wait, so she set you two up?

[Axel scowls in instant sympathy. What an asshole move! If you're gonna send someone on a dangerous mission, you at least tell them, so they can stick to the shadows and bring the big guns.]

Wow. Okay, so how'd you get back after that? Did you just show up here?

[He doesn't exactly know if gods come in dead the way shinki do, but either way, tehy should remember what happened, right?]

[missingache]

I guess so. Other people died but not the same way we did

[Someone was put through a literal grinder. The Witch considered it a on the job risk, but why tell her workers that?]

No. The Witch brought us back. It was last June. When I left it was April 20th, and I paid off my debt... But it's March here... So I either went back in time or this is a different timeline.

[World hopping is complicated.]

[doestheickyjobs]

Or you lost nearly a year in there somewhere.

[Isn't that an easier explanation? Going back in time, that's just weird. Forgetting some time, well. Axel's forgotten his whole life. Even a god could've lost a couple of months.]

[missingache]

.... If I lost a year... then I'd be 18 this year....

[No. That's not okay.]

I'll just say I went back in time. I don't wanna be an adult right now!

[doestheickyjobs]

What's so bad about being an adult?

[Yeah, come on, Roxas, he's obviously at least five or six years older. After a few seconds of pretend offense, he grins wickedly.]

You know, other than that you might still have a chance to grow a bit if you're younger.

[missingache]

Responsibility.

[...... yeah, this is awkward. He hasn't grown an inch since he's been created... that he knows of.]

I think I'm done growing, even with how young I am.

[He's going on three years old! Telling people he's 16 going on 17 is easier.]

[doestheickyjobs]

[Axel holds a hand out, measuring Roxas's height. Wow. Sucks to be him.]

You sure? Too bad.

... Anyway, Roxas, you're a god. Is it seriously that much more responsibility being grown up?

[missingache]

H-Hey! My height's fine!

[Don't call him short.]

Well, grown ups gotta pay taxes, get married, have kids, get a home and jobs, go into debt, and can't have fun anymore.

[Counting these all off on his fingers.] At least that's how the adults back in Koriko talked...

[doestheickyjobs]

You're a god.

[He doesn't know about marriage, but he's pretty sure gods are tax-free.]

[missingache]

There's kids that are gods! There's even animal gods. You don't have to be an adult to be a god, and you don't need to do the things adults do. If you read books, some of the gods didn't even take their own jobs seriously.

[Who needs responsibility when you're an all mighty being?

Wait, is this conversation getting off track... who knows.]

[doestheickyjobs]

Yes! Exactly that. That's my point. It doesn't matter how old you are, because you're a god. You don't have to worry about taxes, or marriage, or kids, or buying a house. I mean, they gave you a house when you got here anyway, right?

[Axel waves one hand in a grand, vague gesture.]

So, like... you get to do whatever. Forever. Kind of a nice gig if you ask me.

[missingache]

[... Only Axel has ever gotten Roxas into these kinds of conversations. Everyone else was matter of fact, or they hid things. Axel... was something else. He sighs before thinking over the last parts.]

I don't think I'd wanna do it forever.

[doestheickyjobs]

No, huh?

[Axel sighs, straightening up and crossing his arms.]

I guess I wouldn't mind it, but what do I know? I can't remember what I used to do.

[And being his own boss doesn't sound so bad. Sure, Pippa's okay, and so's Ayumu, but he's still jumping when someone else says boo. There's not a lot of time to just kick back and relax.

Maybe it'll be better once he settles in.]

[missingache]

[That... Roxas looks at Axel curiously.]

... No, I don't think you'd like being a god. There's... a lot more to it than just being a boss to someone... But I don't really want to talk about it... It's complicated.

[doestheickyjobs]

Hey, I wouldn't be in it to be somebody else's boss. It'd be kind of nice to get to call the shots for myself, though, you know?

[He shrugs, and reaches up to scratch the back of his neck absently.]

Sure, my goddess is nice, but I've still got to do what she says.

[missingache]

[He can't help but laugh softly.]

I don't think I want to order my shinki around. He's nice, and he's really happy that I can cook.

[doestheickyjobs]

Who wouldn't be? Food is important!

[So Roxas can cook, huh. Axel puts him down on the mental list of people to bother if his swiping food strategy ever really starts to fall through, and grins.]

Who's your shinki, anyway?

[missingache]

[It can be rather important.]

His name's Raichi! Which.... I had to set up a tent outside of my temple since he can't come in...

[doestheickyjobs]

Wait. You're kidding me. Uncomfortable feeling whenever he tries to come in? Can't stay for long, steps in and has to go right back out, that kind of thing?

[Axel's mouth drops open.]

That happened to me!

[missingache]

.... A-actually... He got thrown into the temple because his god left... And then dragged outside by a hunting dog ghost...

[Nervously laughs.] Artemis is pretty anti-men when it comes to some things...

[doestheickyjobs]

Dog ghosts. Okay, that didn't happen to me. Aphrodite's place turns out to not be real fond of men either, though.

[He puts one hand on his hip, thinking.]

We fixed it with this ritual thing to dedicate me to her. See, what I'm guessing is that because she didn't pick me and I didn't pick her, it kind of didn't click, you know?

So I had to let the place know that, hey, I was supposed to be there. Maybe that's what you and Raichi need.