thebastion | Day 124 || Open

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Day 124 || Open

Who: Axel and anyone who has reason to be visiting him at the hospital
Open: Open
When: Day 124
Where: The Hospital
What: After a rather rough landing, Axel finally wakes up in his new home.
Format: Action or Prose works for me~ I'll follow whichever you choose
Warnings: None atm; will edited if necessary!

When Axel wakes up the first thing he feels is a sharp pain just behind his eyes followed shortly by the feeling of his stomach turning. Thankfully they're both brief and he doesn't end up throwing up, but he's discouraged enough to want to stay still and even try falling back asleep. He shuts his eyes again on that note, but suddenly a thought occurs to him and he nearly shoots up in surprise.

Where-- Where is this again?

Oh. That's right.

Panting, he glances around the room through half-lidded eyes and spots his Organization coat draped over a chair in the corner of the room alongside his boots and gloves. How long was he asleep for, he wonders? And for that matter, how does he know he's not just dreaming right now? Ugh. All this thinking-- It's just giving him an even bigger headache. Sighing, Axel carefully settles himself back down on the bed and ends up draping an arm right over his eyes.

"What a mess..."

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Unlike a certain someone, Roxas has been spending quite a lot of time watching over Axel, waiting for him to wake up. Really getting settled in and adjusting to their new predicament is something he's put on hold. It's surprising that he misses the precise moment Axel wakes, but it also doesn't take long for him to return from wherever he went off to, chocobos following at his heels.

"Axel!" he exclaims on seeing movement from his friend. "You're awake?" He quickly crosses the room to Axel's bedside. The chocobos scurry after him, chirping excitedly, and start clambering up onto the bed. Are you okay, mommy?

Roxas is the best husbando, clearly.

The sound of peeping and cheeping reach Axel first followed by the voice of his best friend not too far from his bed side. He's a little surprised, though mostly relieved to know they're all still in one piece, at least from the looks of things. "Roxas," he says as he sits up again, feeling a bit dizzy and disoriented, but undoubtedly better from when he hit his head a while ago.

"Yeah... But, hey, how're you?" As he asks he reaches out towards the excitable chocobos to gently pat them each on the head to calm them down. Yes, yes, there, there. Your mother is all right, but you better all be the same or he'll have quite the lovely panic attack.

"I'm fine, you're the one in the hospital." Roxas tugs a chair closer and sits, giving Axel a wry smile. "How's your head?"

He's not going to mention that he hit his own head during their unexpected world-hop, because it wasn't nearly as bad and it really is fine now. The chocobos settle down some at Axel's pats, which is a good thing since he probably doesn't need the oversized chicks trampling all over him at the moment.

When asked, Axel brings a hand up to his forehead where he can feel the roughness of a bandage wrapped around his head. It still hurts a little, but definitely not as much as it had when he first crash landed.

"Not too bad," he says with a shrug and another little pat to all the chocobo's heads. "Did... you guys get hurt too?" Referring to all of them, really, including Roxas.

"I just had a few bumps, and they all made it just fine."

After a pause, he adds, "Saix is okay, too." He's not sure if the other Nobody was included in Axel's question, but he'd probably like to know anyway.

A few bumps? Is Roxas just saying that? Axel would be worrying more, but his head hurts too much for that. So instead he just nods... then widens his eyes a bit when Roxas mentions Saix.

"Saix made it here too?"

"Yeah. A few other people made it from Vatheon, too, but- no one else I really know."

He gives a frown at that, because he isn't sure what that means for the rest of them. Sora, Namine, Demyx, the other Rin. Heck, he'll even spare a thought for Vanitas. Are they all just... lost?

So that probably means no one else made it, seeing as Roxas was friends with just about everyone in Vatheon.

Axel frowns as well, but in the end reaches over to give Roxas a reassuring pat on the back. There, there, little dude. At least we have each other. "Well, with luck they're still all right, you know? Best not to think negative."

Roxas shakes his head. Maybe Axel's right, and they're all okay somewhere, but everyone's told him that the world he came from is gone. He's been thinking about that, and what this place reminds him of.

"I dunno if they're all right, right now. They say the worlds are- shattered. But you know, when Sora defeated Ansem-- He was able to restore a whole lot of lost worlds and people. Maybe this time it's our turn."

The more Roxas talks about it, the more familiar this new world of theirs seems to him. If the worlds around them are supposedly shattered and destroyed, then that must leave this one a safe haven similar to Traverse Town or even Twilight Town.

... To be honest, it brings back dark memories for him and Axel finds himself glancing down toward his lap in thought. Popcorn cheeps at him, though, disrupting those train of thoughts. "Oh. Sorry," he says to her as he strokes her head and wings. "So... that's what we're here for, then? To rebuild those worlds?"

"I dunno if anyone brought us here on purpose." Not like in Vatheon, with the scientists. Everyone seems to be on the same side here, and he feels like it really was an accident. Or, what did people tell Sora about it? That people with a strong enough will could survive their worlds' destruction? It doesn't make sense for Sora not to be here, though, if it's like that. Maybe he's gotten to some other world, and is starting a new journey.

"People mostly talk about rebuilding the Bastion-- that's the place we're in. But I think there's gotta be a way to restore everything else, right?"

It all seems so farfetched to Axel. It's the same way he felt when he first arrived in Vatheon, though, and not much different from how he felt when he was appeared in a World which wasn't Radiant Garden. Sure, he might not have been brought here on purpose, but it still all seems odd. Axel being Axel, of course he's going to have his share of doubts. The rest of Vatheon not being here-- They can't all be gone, can they?

Humming in thought, Axel pets Isa and Sunset as well until all three chocobos settle down to sit on his lap. "That would probably take a hell of a long time, though," he says before he leans back to rest his head on his pillow. "Man. Just when we were getting ourselves settled in a new place..."

"Yeah. I thought things were really looking up." He reaches out to pet the chocobos himself. Poor birds. He's not even sure what they think is going on.

"At least we've got something to work towards. And, we're still in it together."

Mm. When Roxas says stuff like that, it at least makes the situation seem a little lighter. So he can at least manage a smirk and reach over to ruffle up his best friend's hair.

"Right. No way some stupid stuff like that could pull us apart from each other." ... This is all terribly romantic.

"Hey," Roxas says, but it's not much of a protest, and the gesture has him smiling. Although if you really want this to be romantic, then hair-ruffling is not the way to go.

"Hm. I guess we're always gonna be stuck with each other. ...I'm really glad you're okay."

Look, Axel doesn't really know much about this whole romance thing, dude. And sometimes he just ends up going stupid romantic things without even trying.

Anyway, he grins a little wider at that while the chocobos happily bounce on his lap. It's probably nice to see mommy and daddy acting like themselves again. "Oh, please. Like there was any doubt I wouldn't pull through in the end." A little more ruffling then Axel decides to go back to lying down. He may not be hurting as much as he had been when he first arrived here, but his head still feels a bit heavy, that's for sure.

"But, you know. ... I'm glad you're ok, too."

It's exactly that accidentally romantic stuff that gets you in trouble.

Roxas's smile warms more at that statement, but instead of following it up with any more mush, he gives Axel's arm a very light push. "C'mon, you were unconscious. Like you could've been worried."

"Hey, I could've been worried in my dreams or something." Not like he can distinctly remember having any dreams while he was out for that long. He pushes back to which Isa flaps his wings and warks un-appreciatively. DON'T ROCK THE BED, MOM.

"Hm. I guess that's right, you could've been dreaming about me." He's mostly kidding, but they are best friends, it has to happen sometimes, right? He wonders what kind of crazy stuff they get up to in Axel's dreams...

Well, as embarrassing and as ridiculous as it sounds, with them being best friends and all, it would be pretty strange if Axel didn't see Roxas in his dreams at least once in his lifetime, right? He's had a couple... though admittedly they're not ones he likes to talk about.

With a chuckle he lowers a hand to idly pat Isa on the head. "Maybe. Maybe we had ice cream together in my dreams and it would've been like I was never passed out to begin with, right?"

"Only if I had the same dreams." Which... he may have, he doesn't quite remember. But his sleep hasn't been as restful with Axel in the hospital, and he thinks he's had more unpleasant or at least uncomfortable ones. He isn't interested in bringing that up either.

"Anyway, don't you think it'd be more fun if we went on an adventure somewhere?"

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