revenance_rpg | Every Time you Close Your Eyes

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Every Time you Close Your Eyes

Characters: Roxas and Emizel
Content: Roxas faces the mansion
Location: Twilight Town, The mansion
Time: Afternoon
Warning: Potential existential crisis.

Roxas stared at the crack in the wall. Stood and stared for a long time.

Beyond that crack was the Mansion, the place where everything started, and ended he supposed. In other words, his destination. He'd avoided it for a long time. It brought memories, ones that he'd rather just leave behind and not face. The whole ordeal, those seven days in Twilight Town, was still a fresh wound, and extremely present at that.

Who could blame him? His life was on the line, and even though people had assured him that he wouldn't disappear, Roxas couldn't be sure. It had happened before, after all. And with Sora in such close proximity, who knew when his time was going to run out? There was a part of him that wanted to run away right now, and just ignore it. He'd get Bolin back here to seal it up and they'd never had to speak of it again.

Instead he went through. The logical part of his brain was speaking now, the part that said that if he wanted to get stronger, he'd have to face the mansion and the memories it held. And he had to get stronger. He had to get back at whatever had hit him on the Mother of Invention. He had to prove that he was allowed to exist. To himself, if not to anyone else.

He paused at the gate, sending a quick message to Emizel. He wasn't going to do this alone, and he would have to trust that Emizel wouldn't let him disappear.

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Roxas gripped his keyblade, not read to let it go just yet if that was the case.

"I guess we'll find out." He paused, looking at the door.

"Do you want to go first?"

"Yeah, I'll take a lot around."

Although the main room remained untouched, this one was not. The symbol drawn on the table had been completed by now, and looking around a bit more, other objects have shifted too. However, there was nothing in it that seemed suspicious. There still didn't seem to be any Nightmares either.

"Looks fine to me."

He took another breath, convincing himself once again that he could do this. Bouncer gave him a little push, and he took a step into the room.

It looked like he remembered, with the table and symbol that he had completed the first time he was here. He glanced around, trying to find anything out of place.

"Yeah, nothing too out of the ordinary."

Granted it had seemed normal the first time too.

The second Roxas stepped in it looked as though Emizel had a smile on his face without realizing. For the first time it was like the kid was finally doing something right and all on his own... Although the thing he was doing right fell more into the good category. That was a little bit weird. As soon as Emizel noticed he was having fuzzy feelings for being nice he shook it off.

"Maybe we should check around a little more?"

Roxas didn't really notice the smile, his attention focused on the library. As brave as he was about being here, he didn't want to spend too much time in the area.

"Alright. Let's head down to the basement, where the computer is."

Basement it was. Emizel gave a nod.

He stepped out to main room again and gave another look around. Nightmares shouldn't have reappeared, but it didn't hurt to be cautious just to make sure. The stairway still was safe, at least.

"I think there was a secret entrance," Roxas said, staring at the table. He remembered completing the puzzle the last time.

He almost wished he'd left it.

So the puzzle really was still complete, that's good to know. Moxie barked and pointed to a part of the room that had changed.

"... You mean that one?"

Roxas took a step back, his breath catching in his lungs. He hadn't actually expected it to show up, just like the last time he was here.

He managed a nod. It was one thing to go into the mansion, another thing entirely to go down to the basement.

The entire downstairs was pretty odd. If there was only thing bothering Roxas, it felt like it would have to be down there. It didn't even feel like it fit with the rest of the world.

Regardless of who wanted to go down there first, Moxie was already snooping it out without them.

Roxas clenched his fist around his keyblade and moved to the top of the stairs. He had to trust what York said now, that there wasn't anything down there except for a computer. Which was off. There wasn't a room with pods or anything.

"Do you want to go first?"

Moxie had already made it all the way down to the bottom. No longer was he visible due to the light getting dimmer, but a subtle bark could still be heard. Apparently he was interested in exploring more of the newer space.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll go," Emizel waved his hand and took a step down. As he made his way down, the low light was having a loosing battle with the demon's own personal light. Before long the base of the stairs was engulf by a blue hue, thanks to the shiny metallic walls and floor. But the room for the most part looked pretty empty.

Buster was still a little bit weary to go down there too though. Instead she hanged out with Roxas and waited. It still was a bit creepy down there..

Sparkle looked back at Roxas, and then leaped down to go with Emizel and Moxie. After all, what was the point of standing around scared when there were new places to see.

Roxas waited a moment. There weren't any sounds of fighting, which was a good sign.

"Anything down there?" he asked. Either way, he'd be going down once there was a response. Bouncer pressed up against him.

"Nothing from what I can tell," it should have been more than safe to come down, but he wouldn't have blamed Roxas if he took any extra precaution.

Buster was the last to stay at the top, crouching on the first step and watched the others. Although it was kinda scary to be left all alone up here too. The bunny looked every which way before she hurried to meet with the rest of the group... Clearly not that she wanted to stay with them or anything.

Roxas looked around at the bottom of the stairs. It was darker than he remembered, but then it had been operational the last time he was here, and according to York, there was no power.

"It's weird," he said, walking around the room. Was this really the end of the road? There should be a hallway to where the pods were.

Emizel hummed thoughtfully. The low light wasn't really much of a problem to him, however, he could probably figure out it could be to others. In fact he eventually did pull the flame in front of him so that it'd be a little brighter. If not just to prove that there was indeed, not a whole lot down here.

"It looks like nothing down here has been used for a really long time," just like the rest of the house.

A thud came from just behind and startled the demon, although turned out to just be Buster who completely failed on the last step... Who knew the Spirit could be a klutz. Emizel tried so hard not to chuckle at it.

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If Roxas had been in a better mood, he might have managed a smile, but right now, he was too confused.

"Yeah. It looks empty." The digital copy of this room had looked more used, and he assumed the real world version was the same.

"Do you see a computer anywhere? Or any other doors?"

The extra flame was a big help, but the room still looked dim to him, even has his eyes adjusted.

"Hmm.."

Emizel moved the light again. There could be something he missed, it was certainly possible. It was finally when he flashed the light against a particular wall he saw that only wrapped around a corner. A gap in the wall? Nope, it was a opening to a second room.

"--Something's over here."

Most likely the computer, Roxas thought as he wandered over. At least, he hoped it was the computer.

"What is it?" he asked, before pausing in front of the opening and answering his own question. It should lead to the computer room he reminded himself, before Bouncer charged through it.

Well... it's definitely looked like a computer of some kind. But just like everything else, it wasn't working either. Whenever or not it was simply turned off or there was just no power reaching it anymore, that was still anyone's guess.

"What ever this was for.." Emizel was not exactly the most savvy with tech, other than knowing what a computer was. But he had no idea why one was down here.

Roxas looked at the computer for a long time. With the dark screens, it looked a lot less intimidating than it did when he found it.

"It was used for creating a digital world," he said, coming out of his thoughts. "The guy who was using it made a whole world based on this one. Just to keep me there."

Oho~ finally a bit of exposition.

"... Digital world?" Emizel asked. "Why were you being kept in a digital world?"

Moxie was a bit intrigued by the computer and sniffed at it, although he didn't seem to realize there was dust and sneezed.

"It's a long story, but basically it was to keep me away from people, but the people who trapped me here also needed me. Basically, I was caught between two groups who want to use me."

And he's still pretty bitter about it.

Well that made a little more sense. Maybe not so much about the disappearing, but more explanation why Roxas didn't want to come here. Even if that explanation did bring up more questions than answers; now didn't seem like the time to pressure it though.

"So.. that's why you don't like this place?"

"Yeah. It's sort of a reminder of all of that."

Roxas paused and looked over at the wall.

"In the real world, there's a hallway that led to another room. See, I'm actually part of another person, and he was sleeping in there. He needed me to wake up but that would mean I'd disappear."

He scuffed his foot along the ground.

Emizel turned his head briefly to the wall where the other room would've been. There's still plenty that didn't make sense, like how was Roxas part of someone and what importance that was. But it all did confirm one thing, this version of that world really was different. And by now, this all concern about disappearing was likely for nothing.

"... And you were worried that room or that guy would still be down here," he added on to clarify.

Roxas would explain it one day, since he'd already told a few other people.

"Yeah, or that, because they were here, I'd have to stop, you know, existing. I'd have to finish what had been started. I didn't want to do that, so that's why I got scared."

Although, there was still one thing that really didn't add up at all.

"... How did you manage to escape from it last time?"

"I wound up here. I was about to disappear, and go back him, but then I showed up here. I'm still not sure how."

He'd been ready, but now that there was some distance between him and that moment, he wasn't so sure anymore.

Emizel was a little taken back.

"... so then."

Did that sort of mean, when they all wake up, will he really disappear?

"Yeah. If we ever go home, I go back to him."

It's not desirable to say the least. But he figures he has time here, and he can use that to figure out a different plan, maybe.

"But it's enough to know I won't disappear now."

That just seemed.. horrible. Everyone else's lives were being made worse by being stuck here but... here, it was actually helping one. Were there others like this? ... It just didn't seem fair.

"... But sooner or later.."

None of them could stay here forever.

"Yeah..."

And who knew when that would be. But he was still here, and as far as he knew he wouldn't be leaving anytime soon. That was a grounding thought, and one he'd have to focus on.

"But I'm here now. I guess that counts for something."

It still sucked though, there had to be something that could stop it. Not that living in a dream world seemed like that much of a fun idea either.

"...We should probably go," finally Emizel spoke up. This trip seemed like it was about done. "Unless there's something else you want to check."

"No. This was all I needed to see. We can go now."

As much as he had resolved his issues about it, Roxas still wasn't very fond the mansion, and didn't really plan to stick around. Or visit it again.

"Thanks. For coming with me."

Emizel was about to reply with something, then stopped, then glanced at the Spirits, who were ignoring him now and heading back upstairs without him.

"...Yeah, no problem," maybe if he didn't make it sound like it was an awkward thing it wouldn't be an awkward thing.

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Every Time you Close Your Eyes

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I barely remember what anything in the downstairs looks like orz;;

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