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kh_drabbleTitle: Curiouser and Curiouser
Challenge: [127] Linguistics
Characters: Axel, Cheshire Cat
Word Count: 523
Notes: I'd always thought Axel's grin was like the Cheshire Cat, so I wondered what would happen if they ran into each other. I used Lewis Carroll's book as a reference. Much fun, go read.
The mission briefing called the place Wonderland. Axel was not the type to admire scenery, but even he had to stop and take a moment to get his bearings. Falling an indeterminate distance down a rabbit hole will do that to a person, and he wondered if drinking that potion had been the right thing to do. He could practically hear IV lecturing about "the dangers of unknown substances." He wondered what Vexen would make of this world, where nothing seemed to happen the way it was supposed to.
Axel smirked and turned his attention to the mission at hand. "Bring me the heart of the Red Queen," Xemnas had said. Axel gave his Assassin minions the instructions and sent them to find the way to the Royal Castle. He would take the heart from the Queen himself.
The path turned into a thick forest. Fields of flowers bordered the entrance, and as he passed he could have sworn a group of poppies was watching his steps.
The air didn't feel right, but Axel wasn't worried. He looked forward to what the unknown had to offer. Suddenly he heard a voice from the tree tops.
"Are you lost, or are you found?" Axel looked up to see a large Cat sitting on the tree above him. He'd seen enough of strange things and worlds where animals weren't what they seemed that he wasn't surprised.
"Who are you?" he asked, though he knew the question would do no good. The Cat grinned, and Axel realized just what a strange place this was.
"I am only a Cheshire Cat, or whatever word you want to call me," the Cat said, its round yellow eyes fixed on the man's face. "It's you I'm more curious about. You aren't a man, yet you look like one." Its teeth looked sharp, but Axel knew it was no threat.
"I am VIII," Axel said. He'd heard of the intelligence of cats, but its comment had unsettled him.
The cat looked at one of its paws in what Axel supposed was boredom. "The world must have gone mad," it said. "Creatures who look like men and smell like nothing, who think they're numbers." Its grin widened further, as if it had just told a joke.
"I think you're the mad one," Axel said, with a grin to mirror the Cat's.
"Oh, we're all mad here," the Cat replied with a flick of its tail. "But I like you. You're madder than most I've talked to. That silly girl was completely in over her head, I'm afraid, and the Queen is another matter entirely..." For some inexplicable reason the Cat had begun to vanish, and only its head was left before Axel realized what it had said. Its powers of disappearing were too much like his own.
"The Queen is who I am looking for. Tell me how to find her."
"I fancy a game of croquet," it said, and only its grin remained. "Best look for me there, in her courtyard." And then it was gone.
Well, Axel thought, watching the place where the Cat had vanished. It looks like I'm going to be interrupting a very important game.
Challenge: [127] Linguistics
Characters: Axel, Cheshire Cat
Word Count: 523
Notes: I'd always thought Axel's grin was like the Cheshire Cat, so I wondered what would happen if they ran into each other. I used Lewis Carroll's book as a reference. Much fun, go read.
The mission briefing called the place Wonderland. Axel was not the type to admire scenery, but even he had to stop and take a moment to get his bearings. Falling an indeterminate distance down a rabbit hole will do that to a person, and he wondered if drinking that potion had been the right thing to do. He could practically hear IV lecturing about "the dangers of unknown substances." He wondered what Vexen would make of this world, where nothing seemed to happen the way it was supposed to.
Axel smirked and turned his attention to the mission at hand. "Bring me the heart of the Red Queen," Xemnas had said. Axel gave his Assassin minions the instructions and sent them to find the way to the Royal Castle. He would take the heart from the Queen himself.
The path turned into a thick forest. Fields of flowers bordered the entrance, and as he passed he could have sworn a group of poppies was watching his steps.
The air didn't feel right, but Axel wasn't worried. He looked forward to what the unknown had to offer. Suddenly he heard a voice from the tree tops.
"Are you lost, or are you found?" Axel looked up to see a large Cat sitting on the tree above him. He'd seen enough of strange things and worlds where animals weren't what they seemed that he wasn't surprised.
"Who are you?" he asked, though he knew the question would do no good. The Cat grinned, and Axel realized just what a strange place this was.
"I am only a Cheshire Cat, or whatever word you want to call me," the Cat said, its round yellow eyes fixed on the man's face. "It's you I'm more curious about. You aren't a man, yet you look like one." Its teeth looked sharp, but Axel knew it was no threat.
"I am VIII," Axel said. He'd heard of the intelligence of cats, but its comment had unsettled him.
The cat looked at one of its paws in what Axel supposed was boredom. "The world must have gone mad," it said. "Creatures who look like men and smell like nothing, who think they're numbers." Its grin widened further, as if it had just told a joke.
"I think you're the mad one," Axel said, with a grin to mirror the Cat's.
"Oh, we're all mad here," the Cat replied with a flick of its tail. "But I like you. You're madder than most I've talked to. That silly girl was completely in over her head, I'm afraid, and the Queen is another matter entirely..." For some inexplicable reason the Cat had begun to vanish, and only its head was left before Axel realized what it had said. Its powers of disappearing were too much like his own.
"The Queen is who I am looking for. Tell me how to find her."
"I fancy a game of croquet," it said, and only its grin remained. "Best look for me there, in her courtyard." And then it was gone.
Well, Axel thought, watching the place where the Cat had vanished. It looks like I'm going to be interrupting a very important game.
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Date: 2007-11-25 07:47 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-11-25 09:39 am (UTC)The air didn't feel right, but Axel wasn't worried. He looked forward to what the unknown had to offer.
"Creatures who look like men and smell like nothing, who think they're numbers."
This feels like it could have been a cutscene. ^^
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Date: 2007-11-26 12:42 am (UTC)Yeah, that's the feel I was hoping to go for. Looks like it turned out okay! Glad you liked it.
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Date: 2007-11-25 05:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-25 07:41 pm (UTC)That is one creepy-ass descripton of the Organization, hence totally befitting.
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Date: 2007-11-26 12:44 am (UTC)I'm glad you caught that. The Cheshire Cat has an interesting way of seeing who people really are, so I wanted there to be some meaning behind what was otherwise a play of words between equals. Thanks for the comment!
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Date: 2007-11-26 05:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-03 05:04 am (UTC)I agree with everyone who said that this feels as if it could've been a cut-scene, and I srsly loved the "Creatures who look like men..." line, too.
Fantastic! I'm memoryfying this. :)
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Date: 2007-12-03 09:27 pm (UTC)I'm glad you liked it. :)