→001← accidental video

[journeybroken]

Who: Roxas
Broadcast: Fleet-wide, accidental.
Action: Deck of the Tourist
When: 1/24 - as the shuffle sets in


[The feed cuts in to the arrival fanfare. The feed watches a blond boy lay on the floor of the Tourist, covered in confetti, asleep with his face in the plate of celebratory pudding.

The fanfare does not wake him.

The pudding does not wake him.

Someone should probably wake him.]

Comments

[journeybroken]

I'm still me. You're willing to do everything you can to make sure that stays true. If you guys need me in the future, why should I stay mad about this now? If Sora needs me... If Axel needs me, I have to look at that.

[limitstorm]

[ riku's face lightens its confusion, but it's still there, underlying. ]

A--alright. [ he should accept this. it's hard not to look surprised by this, though. he's certainly hating himself for all of this--roxas not doing so is so far out of left field, riku's not sure what to do. ]

[journeybroken]

[Roxas stares at him for a second, noting the way he's acting.]

... Look. I don't disappear, Sora wakes up, Axel gets his heart back... Things could have gone worse. Plus, whatever happened, you don't look like a sheppdog anymore.

[limitstorm]

[ ... sigh, hands on his hips. ]

Old warriors used to wear their hair long if they shamed their people, and they cut it when they finished atoning for their mistakes. [ almost as if to illustrate the point, one of riku's hands finds the clipped ends of his hair, and there's a thoughtful look in his eye. ] I'm done atoning, I'm moving forward now.

[ he crosses his arms, and shakes his head. ] Besides, who're you to talk--you look like you got a swirlie and your hair's stuck that way.

[journeybroken]

[He crosses his arms right back.]

Wow, it's not like I style it like this.

[limitstorm]

Are you telling me you just wake up and it's like that? No way. You've gotta hold it up with gel or something.

[journeybroken]

I don't even own a hairbrush.

[limitstorm]

... Axel needs to take you shopping first thing.

[journeybroken]

Why?

[He narrows his eyes.]

I don't need to mess with my hair.

[limitstorm]

[ he shrugs. ]

It's not about messing with it--but if that's really the only thing you've known... just because the option's there doesn't mean you have to take it. Isn't it kind of boring to only do one thing all the time?

[journeybroken]

... I like routine.

[D:]

Besides, I just got shoved into outer space and there might be cameras in my bathroom. Leave my hair alone.

[limitstorm]

[ riku tilts his head and looks away, hip jutted out. well, you're boring, is riku's prime reply, but that's kind of impolite.

of course, roxas mentions the cameras, and riku makes a face. ]

Thanks for reminding me. [ he had almost forgotten they were on a show... ugh. ]

Let's just hope Xehanort isn't out there watching this.

[journeybroken]

[It's Roxas's turn to make a face.]

... That's a gross idea, Riku.

[limitstorm]

[ miffed; ]

You brought it up.

[journeybroken]

Yeah, but you put a face on who could be watching.

[limitstorm]

[ ... huff. ]

Okay, I guess you have a point.

[journeybroken]

And now we have to live with that image.

[limitstorm]

Imagine someone else.

[journeybroken]

I don't want to imagine anyone!

[limitstorm]

Then don't!

[journeybroken]

I can't not! You put a name on it!

[limitstorm]

You don't even know Xehanort, how is it weird to you? He was-- [ riku almost slips, and he starts, pulling back. he doesn't want to think about that. he groans and shakes his head. ]

I need to talk to Axel. You know where he is?

[journeybroken]

[Roxas straightens a bit. Oh, right, Riku came here to do something. He looks over his shoulder, and motions toward the bunk room.]

He's in there, I think. At least, that's where I left him.

[limitstorm]

[ riku gives a short nod, and then a hesitant smile. ]

Uh... thanks.

[journeybroken]

... You, too.

[He gives his own awkward smile, and shifts to move past him, heading toward the control room.]