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[got_it_memorized]

Who: Axel and anybody
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: On the Tourist, in quarters if you want
When: Thursday, 19March, afternoon

[Broadcast]
[He looks... really unsettled, like he just watched something awful happen and doesn't even know how to process it. In fact that's pretty much exactly what happened: he awoke with a start from a dream he's sure wasn't a dream--he remembers it like it happened, like memories... but it's been hours, not the year-plus he experienced in that dream. He's still trying to wrap his head around everything, and that's when it hits him: he died. And Roxas is gone. Not just gone from the fleet, he already knew that part, and it suddenly hurts a thousandfold more than it did before, because Roxas had been here and now he's not, and now Axel knows he's gone for good. Suddenly he feels like he wasted an opportunity, and he has no excuse other than ignorance.

[He rubs his arms--it's strangely cold in here, it seems--and regards the feed on his communicator. He just needs to get his mind off this.]

So, Fleet, I'm curious: is there ice cream wherever you come from? What's your favorite flavor? Gimme your best ice cream story, I'm bored.

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And yet you seem to have nothing better to do than criticize my curiosity. Nice to meet you, Pot, they call me Kettle, and my that is a lovely shade of black you're wearing.

[wolfuncaged]

[That sure is an epic eyeroll there. ]

I never stated I was doing this because I am bored. I just find you exceptionally irritating.

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Oh, begging your pardon. You're not exactly Mister Congeniality yourself, there; I'm just trying to have a conversation with people, sheesh.

[wolfuncaged]

About ice cream. [Judgey judgey judgerson.]

[got_it_memorized]

Fine, what do you wanna talk about, Grumpface McGee?

[wolfuncaged]

I doubt you would find interest in anything I would wish to speak of.

[got_it_memorized]

[Now you're getting the eyeroll.]

Try me.

[wolfuncaged]

Have you explored the planet, yet?

[Just gonna...wade right in.]

[got_it_memorized]

Briefly. I'm probably gonna head back down later today and give it another look, see if there aren't some resources I can bring back to the ship.

[wolfuncaged]

How do you feel about the people here? About how they are being treated?

[It's like setting up a conversation landmine, really. Good luck, Axel. ]

[got_it_memorized]

Treated? I guess I hadn't given it too much thought. I mean it's a little weird that they're regarded as what's essentially a tourist trap, but they don't seem to know any better, so it's not like they know what they're missing.

[He's perfectly aware that there's not going to be a right answer to this question, so he'll stick to an honest one. Dammit Fenris why do you have to be so confrontational?]

[wolfuncaged]

[Because he hates everything. ]

That does not make it acceptable. If someone is caged in the dark, and never knows what it is like to step out into the sunlight, does it make it acceptable to leave them there?

[got_it_memorized]

Maybe not, but what do you think any of us can do about it? I saw somebody get zapped while I was down there, apparently they were trying to spill the beans on what this place actually is, probably for the same reasons you're talking about. He got dragged away and law enforcement assured everybody he was just a raving lunatic. You really think you can organize, what, a revolution?

[Sounds a little too much like work for Axel's taste. Maybe these people don't know their real situation, but he's not sure he'd go as far as 'caged in the dark'.]

[wolfuncaged]

[YEP.]

It is better than standing by and doing nothing.

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[FENRIS PLEASE.]

What makes you think they'll benefit from something like that, anyway? [His expression is serious, but he's not being belligerent, he's just trying to bring up a point.] People are panicky things, they're afraid of what they don't understand. Potentially catalyzing bloodshed, forcing these people to accept that their lives, their entire civilization, everything has been a lie... that might wind up doing more harm than good.

[wolfuncaged]

[A part of him knows it. A bigger part remembers living under these sorts of lies, being made to believe things which weren't true. Freedom is hard, but it is worth it, in the end. ]

They will survive, rebuild. At least they can choose their lives as their own, instead of being forced to live a lie for generations.

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[He frowns a bit, not sure how he really feels about this. He can kind of see Fenris' point (which is weird in and of itself), but he still isn't sure that a revolution is the answer. He's had enough of rebelling, himself.]

Well, I guess... good luck with the uprising. It's not really my thing, personally. Try not to ah... kill anybody, okay?

[wolfuncaged]

[Well, at least he isn't trying to stop him. Maybe he can be a tolerable person one day.]

I'm not planning on, unless I am forced to.

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[It's never been in Axel's nature to stop people from doing what they want to do, unless someone he cares about stands to get hurt in the process. People don't learn if they don't make their own mistakes, right? So... if this is what Fenris needs to do, then he's not going to get in his way.]

Heh, I feel like I should have expected that answer.

What are you planning to do if you're able to ah... liberate these people? Gonna stick around and help them create a new life for themselves, too?

[It just feels a little irresponsible to free them from under the tyrannical thumb of the theme park overlords only to leave them with no idea how to rebuild.]

[wolfuncaged]

Perhaps. Though I doubt Atroma will allow me to stay.

[This is the difficult part, he should have learned from Nel, from himself, that sudden freedom is terrifying and hard to cope with. OH well.]

[got_it_memorized]

True.

[He frowns a little, but if Fenris wants to play revolutionary, that's his prerogative. Axel isn't going to get in his way.]

Well, do what you need to do, I guess.

You never did answer my question, though. What are your thoughts on ice cream?

[wolfuncaged]

Yes, I do.

[But hey, Axel gets a little bit of FENRIS APPROVES for not being a dick about this and trying to stop him. Go Axel. ]

I am not overly fond of the stuff. It's too cold.

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[Axel clicks his tongue.]

To each his own, I guess. Try it with a warm brownie sometime, you might change your mind. Or like a slice of hot apple pie.

[wolfuncaged]

[...Oh hold up. ]

...You can have it with apple pie?

[He sounds legitimately intrigued. ]

[got_it_memorized]

[Oho, something Fenris is actually interested in? Amazing.]

Sure! I mean you can have it with whatever you want, really, but ice cream on pie is pretty popular. They call it à la mode.