OOC: Whoa, she appeared o.O. Vexen glared at Xangel for bringing his name into the conversation, but so far that they have been talking, he had quickly plastered all over the healing ointment on Zexion's chest with a flat stick to help spread it around, and avoid any sort of mess. As always, he took a while in the arm, as it was risky to place a medicinal paste on a deep wound, but he managed to figure out that it was fine. Considering Vexen had thought of everything when concerning anything of his brand, he waited and watched as the ointments dried, that way, there wasn't any need for bandages and Zexion wouldn't have to worry about placing anything over and get it 'smushed', for lack of a better word. He had forgotten about that particular feature...so the bandages he got weren't needed then. Seeing as he was done, the next step was to clean up. He knew what the Cloaked Schemer had done to Xangel, used her to his advantage, however, now he understood how he did so. Making her promise...that's why Zexion told him not to worry as she wouldn't go back on her word. Hmm... "I'm finished, Zexion."
It was useless. The doctor whatever was useless. The room was useless. The search was useless. The whole thing was useless. The bodies were nowhere to be found, but Jack had said this was the number, or had he lied to him? If he dared to, he was truly going to hunt that b**tard down and perhaps not kill him, but borderline make him close to death if he could. He swore on that. And now, he got these people, though Xengla invited herself, to go with him for something that wasn't even here. Going to lean against a wall...finding it very cool for some reason, he let out his anger, disappointment, and just distress, and he slammed a fist into the surface two times just to get rid of the frustration. Shigiku... But what happened next was also added to the unexpected things that had occurred so far in this twilight zone. All he knew was that the wall he was supporting himself with disappeared, or moved very quickly, and caught in surprise, he fell backwards, letting out a loud grunt. He could barely even process where he was until he got hit by a cold...a cold freezing rush of atmosphere as the hidden door in the wall slid over to the side in a noisy rumble until it stopped. Despite wielding fire and able to keep warm in the coldest days, what he had fallen through was extremely antarctic cold...he could feel it, and getting off the ground, he composed himself, standing up as he immediately looked around. It was filled with icicles, and the place was with white snowy ice, plastered around...like a walk-in freezer. No wonder the wall felt cool against his back as he leaned on it.... Taking a step further, pondering what this was, his foot bumped into something, and for some reason...he didn't want to see what it was as his stomach clenched. It was those type of instincts that you got where something tells you that if you look down, to prepare yourself. Axel looked down anyway, only for him to stop breathing. OOC: Now, DestinyStar xP.
OOC: It will be cool to have a mascot, I think so too, so we'll wait for ICSP, and see. But I do wonder who will the Org. get if KMart has Genie... Xemnas, finally reaching his office in the back of the store, opened the door, and held it for everyone to go in politely, Roxas perhaps already in there waiting. Marluxia went in first, looking a bit disgruntled, it wasn't in his face, which appeared calm, but Xemnas could see it in his eyes. He didn't question it, though he could guess why. And since Larxene was held behind to talk to a customer, he knew, Axel was next. Larxene shrugged as she watched the girl walk away, and since she didn't ask for anything else, and not wanting to wait for her to, she turned her body around to catch up with the rest, who had kept going. It was then she was interrupted again when a man spoke to her, and her jaw tightening at the sudden slur of people, she looked at him, only to blink as she studied his figure. He was wearing a black cloak, mysteriously, and of course, she wouldn't be easy to fool. She even got more interested at his voice, and her eyes narrowed sharply, wondering about this character. Larxene didn't get good vibes from this, for some reason. "Sorry, but he's going to be busy for awhile, maybe you can come later." OOC: By the way, their not exactly Org. XIII here, but they had the black cloaks as uniforms before under Xemnas's style, until it became the usual one you see WalMart workers wearing (blue vest over a shirt, or a simply blue shirt) because the company went against it xP. Just a note.
OOC: By the way, for anyone who didn't get it (which I doubt), the lever was what opened the door. Wouldn't it be cool if Jack was a inventor? xDD Axel blinked at the sudden noises that were following them, but all he cared about was to get the damn recovering of dead bodies over with, and get the hell out. Why make it any more difficultt? Ignoring Xengla, he stepped to the door, lighting a fire again as he got into the doorway, not afraid if anything popped out...like it would be any threat, pfft. He first tried to find if there was a light switch somewhere, and as he got deeper into this room, he finally spotted it along the wall. Clicking it on, a very dim light brightened the place. Other than a couple of barrels, a lone and used bed, a couple of plates and forks, C651 was completely empty. Going inside, he tried to explore it, looking to see if the bodies were anywhere, but not finding them.
OOC: No, you don't. I probably missed the hint in the posts, but I have to ask first. Want Saïx to appear? :sweatdrop: "Uh..." Aerith mumbled, not quite sure exaclty on what to say on the pimp and wh*re comment as the question was directed at her, while she spotted Tifa covering her mouth in the corner of her eyes. Fluttering her eyes a little, she just went to say, trying not to appear amused or not sure to be amused, "I don't think we will, is not like a guy keeping company with girls is farfetched, they can be friends, or be dubbed 'fangirls', or Cloud can be a person we admire. And even so, you shouldn't care what people think." "And since Cloud is good-looking, it also isn't farfetched to say that they will think we are his admirers. But not anything like wh*res, or that he's a pimp," Tifa added, a smile on her face as she looked at everyone, a bit entertained at where the conversation had headed. Either way, she was looking forward to step otuside and enjoy what nature has to bring, so she continued to speak, "But, we agree, right? Outside then?"
OOC: Even if that does fall in the category of KH, what I meant was the he's almost there as it was a role, when he isn't place there as one in the first place (Donald and Goofy are in KH, but if they aren't characters for play, then they aren't. Is not needed). Is fine if Genie appears once in a while, but is almost like you're adding him in as if he was meant to be a part of the RP. That's all really, don't take it any seriously. If you want to keep him, then I can PM ICSP (or let him read this), and see if we can add him then as a sort of KMart mascot, advertiser, or something. By the way Fire, she isn't at the service desk xP, but walking down a aisle. I'll respond anyway. The reaction of Axel's words were almost borderline funny. Larxene's head perked up in surprise, Marluxia almost outwardly scowled, though stopped it in time, but instead gave Axel a evil eye, and Xemnas halted his steps to look back at the redhead, that in turn, made everyone else stop moving. A bit befuddled at the sudden confession, Xemnas eyed Axel with interest for a moment, before giving a nod of understanding. "Well, then, this was very amiable of you, Axel. I guess..." He turned to look at Larxene intently, who had a blank expression on her face. "I guess I was too hard on you, Larxene. I...apologize. Perhaps, it will be better for us to put this behind us, as we are all here. From now on, is forgotten." With that, he turned back around and resumed walking, the office not that far. Larxene just nodded numbly, not knowing what to say, still a bit startled at this turn of events, not predicting this at all. In fact, she almost didn't believe it. She hesitated as they all went to walking again, but putting down her pride a little as she gazed at the redhead, she was about to go to Axel to say something...she didn't know what, yet she needed to say something. However, she got distracted when a customer halted her up with a question, and thinking she shouldn't mess up any longer, Larxene went to help, Xemnas wouldn't mind if this was the case. She simply shook her head though with a smile, as she turned on her working mode, "Sorry, we don't have rice. We have rice paper, rice cookers, rice steamers, but no rice. However, if it helps, there's a small market we have as a neighbor close to us, perhaps you can gain it there." How it killed her to be polite. While all this was happening, Marluxia was simply suspicious of Axel's intentions as he narrowed his eyes, yet, a bit edgy on the whole process. What was that for?
Aerith caught Tifa's eye as Cloud mentioned the secret, but she didn't go and think much about where he got the direction of the school from, though their home city was very far. Giving him quite a sheepish expression, she told him, "Well, I didn't exactly tell anyone where I was going, I just...left. So I guess it was pretty unexpected for you to find me here...it was surprising when I saw Tifa here as well back then." As she thought over something for a moment, looking at the two girls and the one male, she then suggested, "Since Cloud is here, why don't we walk around the school, or take a small detour outside in the garden? Is better than just talking here in a room...of course, is a idea, so I understand if you wouldn't want to." Tifa shrugged slightly, though she kind of did like the idea, go outside and get some fresh air, go to the school's garden and sit under a cherry blossom tree (though it wasn't in bloom, so it was all leaves) and just...relax and talk. Sounded nice...very nice. It all depended on Cloud, however, as he was the visitor, and it was polite to make him feel comfortable. All they needed was Yuffie's and his agreement on the matter.
Larxene simply kept walking, arms still crossed, feeling somewhat dispirited as she looked around the store the whole time, only having to slow down as she reached Xemnas, noticing he was in the same spot as before. Either he was dedicated to WalMart, or he had some obsession complex going on there. Almost as if he was psychic, or maybe it was the sound of her high heeled boots clicking the tiled floor, she didn't know, he looked her way quickly...then turn his eyes behind her, which meant that Axel and Marluxia were there. When she stopped in front of him, her face in a glower as Xemnas stared down at her hard, she muttered grudgingly, "My bad for the delay." "It's 'I'm sorry', not 'my bad'. Learn the proper language instead of slang. Not that you would truly mean it in both versions anyway. I would like to hear about why it took so long, however," Xemnas both corrected and admonished, making the girl fizzle, but he happened to ignore it as he set his attention to the two males that had approached him. He didn't know why Marluxia was there as he had specifically told him to wait in his office, but at least he had them all. With a graceful fur, he began to walk to the path of his office, expecting them to follow as he motioned at them, "Very well. If you're worried about how long the meeting would last, don't worry, it won't take long, just giving you the assigned jobs that will help advertise WalMart for tonight." Muttering a few less than mentionable things under her breath, she trailed on after the silver haired uptight imbecile, not bothering to even look and see the others' expressions, as she didn't even want to speak to any of them anyway. Of course, Xemnas will blame her for the lateness, which according to her wristwatch, was thirty minutes or so, a half hour at most, but it wasn't like it was her fault. And what did he expect? To get back here in search of someone in five minutes? Today just wasn't her day, was it? Marluxia simply followed the boss silently, eyeing Larxene to see her reaction at Xemnas's chiding of her. In the end, this will work to have most in his idea to place the workers' union, with Larxene being the first. He had spoken to her privately about this, of course, yet despite the job that she had to do, she wasn't sure it was that horrible, and decided to remain neutral on the matter in the end. Though she would support him. Maybe after this, he could give some convincing at how Xemnas treated her, and have her on his side soon.
Axel didn't hear anything else, or was rather, just not paying attention as he went to the end, right in the middle of the two separating hallways, and in each of them, was a door. One said C650...and with that getting him anxious, he looked to the other hall quickly and read the number on that door: C651. Eureka. As he stepped to it though, he saw that it was...well, it didn't have a lock, or a handle. It didn't have anything except the damn number imprinted on the surface, and it was completely shut. His eyes widened at this event, wondering just what exactly was this hold about. This had to be the most weirdest place he had ever been in...well, not really. As a Organization member, he had seen weirder. Yet, now what? How was he suppose to get in? Combust it? How did Jack get in? However, from far off, he heard some clanking and the doctor's voice complaining about falling over something, and Axel turned around to leave and see what it was, until he heard a slight creak behind him. He froze for a second at the sudden noise, before placing his focus back on the door as it was opening, and it made a loud metal sound as it went ajar by itself, revealing the dark room inside, waiting for people to enter. Axel just stared at it perplexed, mumbling to himself as he shook his head in disbelieve, "Okay, this is some creepy s**t right now..."
"Excuse me? Listen, if you want to be a kid, then go ahead and say and do what you want, I could care less. Want Xemnas to be on your a**? Be my damn guest then," Larxene whispered harshly to him, obviously hearing his b*tch comment and something about "stopping" him. Fine, she didn't have to waste time dealing with this anyway, if they ended fighting for some reason, good by her as well. Her expression tight and displeased, she walked ahead as the "lead", leaving the two numskulls behind and letitng them do what they wanted as she crossed her arms. Perhaps what she really needed was to go back to that customer service desk and have some alone time. "It seems I was right, she did need help dealing with the likes of you. I'm not one to say things out of context, after all," Marluxia stated calmly, he went to take the place Larxene left, watching her go in front of them in a angry huff. Though he was honestly more surprised that she didn't gave him a electrifying slap that would surely leave a mark for the rest of the day, as was her nature. He didn't understand what exactly did Axel say, but it looked to be uncalled for, yet to him, it didn't really matter, it worked in his favor. It got her distant from the fire wielder, didn't it?
"I've been fine...actually great! I've made friends, do the typical things you do in high school, you know? You'll probably meet them soon, but, I really like it here," Tifa replied, a bit more relaxed, yet still a little pumped that Cloud had decided to come and visit her...because it was for her, that's what he said, at least. But right. Do not read much into it, it might mean anything on his side. He probably didn't expect Aerith here from the look on his face, yet...it wasn't like that mattered now, right? Staring at him in a soft look as she pusehd her thoughts back, she then asked, "But we should ask about you...how did you find this place? I didn't entrust anyone much information back home...just said that I was going to a high school and gain education..." "Yes, it would be also wonderful to know the reason of your visit. I mean, perhaps you've missed Tifa or something of the like? Wanting to see the school?" Aerith asked of him gently, not all bothered by what she had revealed as she sat down on a nearby chair. Apparently, she saw that he was more shocked to see her here, and maybe, wasn't really thinking that she would be found in this building too, since she left without a word to anybody. The only one that she told was Yuffie, and the young girl promised she would keep it a secret. That decision on her part to leave quietly was for a personal reason, of course. Yet, it seemed she couldn't run from the truth...
OOC: Yep. You're a customer, remember xP. "Why would I 'pretend', Axel? Your words are just as fruitless as you, it seems," Marluxia smoothly countered with a slight smirk, before getting back to his previous expression as he stared at Larxene intently and with interest. "I guess lead the way...." She had been shifting her eyes between the two men, knowing that Marluxia didn't particularly like Axel, yet didn't mind his presence either. However, this wasn't good conversation already, or at least it was obvious where this might be headed, so she grabbed Axel's muscled arm again to place him properly beside her and made them both walk, leaving Marluxia to follow behind. She took the redhead with her because as Marluxia already retaliated, it was Axel's turn, and if he was in the back of the scythe wielder or next to him, then there might be some type of....firey offense, so to speak. "You two need to be separated, it seems." Thinking that Axel can move by himself now, she took her hand off, not wanting him to get a false impression again. "If you want a fight, save it for after this whole damn meeting is over with. I could use a good show."
"I don't take jokes lightly, and I hate being called 'babe', 'chic'...so degrading to women, unless you're my lover or something, and is some stupid pet name," was all she said on the matter, as she was a hardcore feminist, and anything like that sets her off, joke or not. Putting that behind them as her threat was taken though, she simply touched his back to push him forward a little, as a sign to walk. Despite all that occurred, Axel was one of those that she usually got along with...as well as wanting to kill him at the same time, but when he wasn't trying to annoy her, he was good conversation and company, admittingly. To be honest, all she really wanted to do was catch some rest, so hopefully, whatever Xemnas had in mind will be talked over quickly...if she would even listen. "Larxene." She didn't even had to raise her head up to know who it was, though she was a bit surprised that he appeared. "Marluxia." Looking at him a bit questionably, she then asked, "Did Roxas find you and took you to Xemnas? Or...is there something wrong?" "Yes, I already know, but I was just wondering where you were and what was taking so long. I figured you will need a bit of help considering who you're dealing with, but I guess not," he explained, giving a degrading fleeting look to Axel with his eyes, before setting them permanently on the blonde again. "Xemnas is still waiting, I was suppose to go to his office as you got Axel, but since I'm here, we can go to the Superior, and then we can all head to the office together. Simple enough."
OOC: Yeah, most of the members aren't here, and most of the action comes around chula, clawtooth, DestinyStar, and the rest, so with one gone...the other scan't do anything :/. So, we got a new RPer xP.
OOC: It's cool, if you have to go...you got to go, you know? xP "I missed you a lot..." Aerith murmured softly, before opening her eyes, and letting him go free as she took back her arms, it didn't stop her, however, from looking at him, feeling butterflies fluttering around inside her. It was for a second though, as she realized she was being too forward, so, while rubbing her hands briskly, she gestured at him to sit down, the smile and the brightened expression never leaving her face, as she said a bit breathlessly, "Cloud, please sit down anywhere, you came a long way if you're here, right? Tifa and Yuffie, it goes for you two as well, if you wish to. We can all talk, and see how Cloud made it all the way here." Tifa nodded, perked up, happy, sowarm and...she couldn't explain it, really, but her love was visiting, or so she thought, and that just made her so content, especially as he said he came here looking for her. She didn't want to over analyze the sentence, but the words did make her feel somewhat special. Feeling her cheeks burn again at the thought, she calmly walked over to the pink covered bed, sitting on it slightly as she looked around the room at the company, though her eyes lingered on Cloud. It was hard to believe, she expected to see him back home...it was surprising.
OOC: Weirdly enough, that actually might've worked better xD. Before anyone could see or expect it, Larxene in less than a second had a yellow and blue colored kunai at the redhead's throat with a sting of electricity, the pointy and sharp end hazardously touching the skin, and with one wrong move on his part, the guy wouldn't have a esophagus any longer. With her hand grasping his shoulder tightly to hold him in place, narrowing her sea blue eyes at him, she hissed, "Don't ever, EVER, call me such a degrading name as 'babe', or I will personally make sure that a precious appendage will be ripped off. Capiche?" With that, she reluctantly let him go and diminished her kunai, though not before adding as she sent him a just as amused smirk, leaning her hip to one side, "And you wish I'd come unto you. Try not to make me kill you before we get there..." Despite that, she hated the fact that he got the impression by what she did as "coming unto him", when that wasn't her intention...mostly, at least. Axel was good-looking and sexy, hot even, she wasn't to deny the obvious, but that's as far as what she thought of him as anything...physical. Besides, he wasn't the only one in the place to have looks anyway.
Tifa froze as she saw him appear, looking just as handsome and gorgeous as ever, he had gotten way better since the last time she saw him, if that was possible. Admiring him a little longer, she tood there, a bit nervous and just...amazed that he was here in the school, his presence made something flutter in her stomach, and before she knew it, she found herself walking up to him, her body acting on its own, and wrapped him in a embrace, a grin on her face as she laughed, breaking the tension. She hugged him tight, showing how much she had missed him and so happy that he was standing here after such a while of not seeing him at all. "Cloud! I've missed you so much, I can't believe it, that you're here in this high school. How...?" Her words were chopped, and she broke the hug, still having her arms around him as she smiled to his face. Aerith was just as stunned...obviously, he was just as handsome as she left him, if not even more, but it wasn't just about that to her. She hadn't seen for a very long time, and just the fact that he was standing there, blond hair, smooth face, beautiful blue eyes, made her both anxious and joyous...it was almost blissful. Thinking that she wouldn't do anything just staring and simply standing still, she was about to move, until Tifa went forward to wrap him a big hug. As much as she knew the girl's feelings, and Tifa was like a "competitor", she didn't feel jealous, but found herself smiling instead. It was natural for the greeting to be that way, and it was something she would've done too....and was about to. Heading to him, with her glittering eyes as Tifa politely took her arms off of him to give her a chance, she wrapped him in another meaningful embrace, placing her chin on his shoulder as her eyes closed, holding him like he was going to leave already. "Cloud..." OOC: Lucky Cloud xP.
Larxene rolled her eyes to the side as Xigbar left, noticing that this was usually part of her job, and him being the Merchandise Manager, meant that he could immediately blab to Xemnas, that while she didn't care, it wasn't good. And speaking of said Superior, her butt will be on the line if she didn't get Axel to come, so with that, she headed towards the checkout register that he was placed at, and went around to get at him from his station. This time, the first thing she did was throw his feet of the counter casually with a eerie smile, though her eyes were sharp by now as she leaned over and trapped him in his chair by her arms, almost dangerously. "Listen, Axel, the reason you're here, is because you're with us, and we run this store. Secondly, Xemnas is our boss, the one that gives us our checks, and he's in control. You've never proven to be disobedient, so why now?" She raised her eyebrows, as she freed him, only to look down at his form. "The point is, get up, and we'll get it over with." OOC: Don't bring that much canon here (I'm talking to all, just in case), after all, the characters are working in WalMart and KMart o.O, despite powers and all, but is kind of like a different universe (unless KH has a WalMart that we don't know about...).
Aerith blushed a little at the sudden words, though she wasn't going to bother denying it. Looking at Tifa, who appeared flustered, she tried to think over what to do. Well, they could wait for him here, after all, he did run to the men's bathroom... or they could look for him, now that it was true that Cloud was here. Aerith didn't know what she would say or do, but she just wanted to see him. Clasping her hands in front of her, she gazed at the two girls, "Should we look for him then? I know there are many bathrooms, but he couldn't have gotten far, so we'll check the closest?" She waited for a sort of agreement. Tifa, who was a bit abashed, but hid her own small blush, perked her head up at Aerith's idea. It was weird how they were talking as if they were doing a daily action of visiting each other, but the idea sounded good to her anyway, and she went with the flow of conversation. There must be a reason why Cloud was here, and she wanted to know why...as well if it was for them. "Yeah, I kind of think is good....yet, we don't know what he's actually doing, and if he's inside the bathroom, I'd find it odd how we are all waiting for him, don't you?"
Larxene rubbed her forehead as Axel left, apparently, he was making it more difficult for her. Either way, she looked back at Xigbar first before dealing with the pyromaniac, trying to think if she had seen a Wii for the past...half-hour that she was here. Larxene wasn't positive, but she had seen a box close in the back. "Well, I'm not certain...but there was a Wii box in the storage, in the back. I think it was meant to be shipped, as it was one of our internet orders and all...I don't know. Someone must've placed it there..."
