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kh_drabbleChallenge: [059] Laughter
Title: Echo
Word count: 250
Notes: Roxas and Organization XIII in there, but no spoilers. Post-KHI, pre-KHII, CoM timeline?
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It echoes in the hollow chambers of their forgotten castle, bounces off the walls and makes them all a bit more comfortable with their non-life and their non-existence. They all seek him out, secretly or openly, find what makes him tick; what will trigger off that intriguing sound that reverberates in their non-hearts, casting a somewhat warm glow in their minds.
They are not always successful in their quest to make him laugh, because he is not entirely unlike them—empty, hollow, a piece of something greater—and he is also prone to some moodiness, some silent brooding that seems to overtake him more and more these days.
Of them all, however, he is the only one who resembles his ‘other’ the most, so maybe that’s why laughter comes easier to him; of them all, he is the only one who can hope to meet his counterpart, to ever be whole again, and that makes the others just this side of jealous.
It is when he laughs that they forget about the need that drives them; it is when that foreign sound reaches them in their individual and well-guarded occupations, that they stop and listen, as one, to Roxas laugh.
They can’t ever know that it is but a borrowed sound and that Roxas laughs only when he laughs, at the antics of his friends and companions—in some far away world, for some unfathomed reason—and it echoes through Roxas’ being and beyond, reaching out to nobody and everybody.
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Title: Echo
Word count: 250
Notes: Roxas and Organization XIII in there, but no spoilers. Post-KHI, pre-KHII, CoM timeline?
§.§.§
It echoes in the hollow chambers of their forgotten castle, bounces off the walls and makes them all a bit more comfortable with their non-life and their non-existence. They all seek him out, secretly or openly, find what makes him tick; what will trigger off that intriguing sound that reverberates in their non-hearts, casting a somewhat warm glow in their minds.
They are not always successful in their quest to make him laugh, because he is not entirely unlike them—empty, hollow, a piece of something greater—and he is also prone to some moodiness, some silent brooding that seems to overtake him more and more these days.
Of them all, however, he is the only one who resembles his ‘other’ the most, so maybe that’s why laughter comes easier to him; of them all, he is the only one who can hope to meet his counterpart, to ever be whole again, and that makes the others just this side of jealous.
It is when he laughs that they forget about the need that drives them; it is when that foreign sound reaches them in their individual and well-guarded occupations, that they stop and listen, as one, to Roxas laugh.
They can’t ever know that it is but a borrowed sound and that Roxas laughs only when he laughs, at the antics of his friends and companions—in some far away world, for some unfathomed reason—and it echoes through Roxas’ being and beyond, reaching out to nobody and everybody.
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Date: 2006-04-14 08:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-15 03:10 pm (UTC)Glad you liked it! ^^
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Date: 2006-04-14 10:44 pm (UTC)And I liked "just this side of jealous"... partly because it's such a clever way to incorporate their lack of emotion, and partly because it just sounds cool. XD
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Date: 2006-04-15 03:12 pm (UTC)And thank you, I'm glad you liked it!
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Date: 2006-04-15 08:34 am (UTC)no subject
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